A social housing project in regional Victoria, developed through a co-design framework in collaboration with local Elders, custodians and community members. The program brings together housing, health and community spaces, responding to community-identified needs for a safe, supportive and culturally grounded environment. The brief and project design were shaped through ongoing dialogue, exploring the connections between landscape and architecture and the creation of spaces that heal and bring people together.
A number of layered seating areas are designed to provide refuge and connection to the garden. The welcome spaces are characteristed by colour, pattern and natural materials.Small gathering spaces amongst the garden...
The garden is fed slowly by rainwater, captured in a number of tanks across the site....
Each dwelling has a entry nook, providing a space to rest and view the garden, while feeling contained.
Warrnambool, South West Victoria, Gunditjmara Country + Parkville, Naarm, Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country
We acknowledge that we work on the lands of the Gunditjmara and Wurundjeri people who have been custodians of this land for thousands of years, and acknowledge and pay our respects to their Elders past and present.