Ben Waters  
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{HOUSING 02} - Wimmera Healing Place, 2026


A social housing project in regional Victoria, developed through a co-design framework in collaboration with local Elders, custodians and community members. 







{HOUSE RETROFIT 01} - House in Warrnambool, 2026


A social housing project in regional Victoria, developed through a co-design framework in collaboration with local Elders, custodians and community members. 








{DESIGN BRIEF 02} - Wotjobaluk Cultural Design Brief, 2025


A Cultural Design Brief co-designed with the Wotjobaluk First-Nations community to support and guide the Wimmera Healing Place project. Produced in collaboration with Goolum Goolim Aboriginal Cooperative.  






{FILM 01} - Before Building - Dialogue in Collective Design Practice, 2026

Before Building is an ongoing design research project in collaboration with Architecture Associates, examining the role of dialogue in architectural design.








{CABIN 01} - Lightweight Cabin in Coastal Victoria, 2024


A social housing project in regional Victoria, developed through a co-design framework in collaboration with local Elders, custodians and community members. 





{COMMUNITY CENTRE 01} - Cathedral Ranges, 2023

A landscape renewal plan and community centre for traditional owner land council in north-eastern Victoria.






{RESEARCH INSTITUTE 01} - Ecological Research Institute, 2021


An Environmental Education Centre located at the crux of wet and dry landscapes in Western Australia.
 




{STORE 01} - Alpha60, Newtown, 2021

We assisted Alpha60 in the refurbishment and interior fit for its flagship store in Newtown.








{HOUSE ADDITION 01} - Room in Hawthorn, 2025


A social housing project in regional Victoria, developed through a co-design framework in collaboration with local Elders, custodians and community members. 







{EXHIBITION 01} - baanytaageek, Great Swamp Fragments, 2023


With S-I Projects, we have contributed to the baanytaageek - Great Swamp Fragments publication as a part of the exhibition held at MUMA Museum in 2023. 





{PUBLICATION 01} - baanytaageek, Great Swamp Fragments, 2023


With S-I Projects, we have contributed to the baanytaageek - Great Swamp Fragments publication as a part of the exhibition held at MUMA Museum in 2023.  













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Warrnambool, South West Victoria, Gunditjmara Country
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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.