https://watersarchitects.com/temp-homepage-set 2026-07-21T01:26:56+00:00 always 0.5 https://watersarchitects.com/top-nav-copy 2026-08-24T02:45:49+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/U2988754450465132651364382148995/240A7173.JPG https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F3044870310591592074368067045763/WA_PracticeDiagram_2_CLD_Black-7pt.png https://watersarchitects.com/acknowledgement 2026-08-24T02:45:48+00:00 always 0.5 https://watersarchitects.com 2026-08-24T02:45:48+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2988760819277311075881915779459/03-1-copy.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2988763736390078660089279678851/03-2-copy.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X3044299364198281581171169823107/View04-2_7k.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J3079269776361430900001092667779/03-01-EDIT.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C3079365884635924689713394092419/02-01-EDIT.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q3079706754235136769412275374467/IMG_8298-web-copy.jpg https://watersarchitects.com/homepage-draft-02 2026-08-24T02:45:52+00:00 always 0.5 https://watersarchitects.com/housing-02-wimmera-healing-place 2026-08-24T02:45:52+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J3079269776361430900001092667779/03-01-EDIT.png A number of layered seating areas are designed to provide refuge and connection to the garden. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O3079273395059215839603833178499/01-01-EDIT.png The welcome spaces are characteristed by colour, pattern and natural materials. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E3079275058402128965994102393219/05-01-EDIT.png Small gathering spaces amongst the garden... https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A3079319994357097873208776591747/HHC_website-plan_R06.png The garden is fed slowly by rainwater, captured in a number of tanks across the site.... https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C3079365884635924689713394092419/02-01-EDIT.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X3079371833507974276232985184643/04-01-EDIT.png Each dwelling has a entry nook, providing a space to rest and view the garden, while feeling contained. https://watersarchitects.com/design-brief-02-wotjobaluk 2026-08-24T02:45:52+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J3079269776361430900001092667779/03-01-EDIT.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q3079706754235136769412275374467/IMG_8298-web-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L3079940530339291724623772387715/wotjobaluk-brief_ws-shot-01.jpg A number of layered seating areas are designed to provide refuge and connection to the garden. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T3079991531399244626801922410883/wotjobaluk-brief_ws-cover-00.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G3079995282028143181575376079235/wotjobaluk-brief_ws-content-00.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O3082819692435825648590036666755/wotjobaluk-brief_ws-seasons-00.jpg https://watersarchitects.com/design-brief-03-sgsc 2026-08-24T02:45:52+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J3079269776361430900001092667779/03-01-EDIT.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T3079991531399244626801922410883/wotjobaluk-brief_ws-cover-00.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G3079995282028143181575376079235/wotjobaluk-brief_ws-content-00.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O3082819692435825648590036666755/wotjobaluk-brief_ws-seasons-00.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I3090769557487507453621181352323/IMG_8388-edit-copy.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H3090780469382263095400796522883/IMG_8378-EDIT-copy.jpg A number of layered seating areas are designed to provide refuge and connection to the garden. https://watersarchitects.com/project-index-(grid) 2026-08-24T02:45:52+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2988760819277311075881915779459/03-1-copy.png {COMMUNITY CENTRE 01} - Cathedral Ranges, 2023 <div style="text-align: left;">A landscape renewal plan and community centre for traditional owner land council in north-eastern Victoria.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2988763736390078660089279678851/03-2-copy.png {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. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X3044299364198281581171169823107/View04-2_7k.jpg {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. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F3065224057577184873558501493123/02-01-EDIT.png <a href="example-page-page" rel="history"> {HOUSING 02} - Wimmera Healing Place, 2026</a> A social housing project in regional Victoria, developed through a co-design framework in collaboration with local Elders, custodians and community members. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M3065244371131758842516741032323/WAT_Exterior01C.png {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. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I3065250796852142734428241398147/03-2-copy-3.png {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. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A3076336128725669014564635412867/SI008-HBI-RENDER-03.png {RESEARCH INSTITUTE 01} - Ecological Research Institute, 2021 <div style="text-align: left;">An Environmental Education Centre located at the crux of wet and dry landscapes in Western Australia.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q3076356257720568526058811033987/230330-Rivermouth-0236.jpg {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. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X3076360871269708104891379747203/Cover.png {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. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B3076386812335603152275111676291/thumbnail_IMG_4560.jpg {STORE 01} - Alpha60, Newtown, 2021 <div style="text-align: left;">We assisted Alpha60 in the refurbishment and interior fit for its flagship store in Newtown.</div> . https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q3079706754235136769412275374467/IMG_8298-web-copy.jpg {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. https://watersarchitects.com/project-index-(list) 2026-08-24T02:45:52+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2988760819277311075881915779459/03-1-copy.png {COMMUNITY CENTRE 01} - Cathedral Ranges, 2023 <div style="text-align: left;">A landscape renewal plan and community centre for traditional owner land council in north-eastern Victoria.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2988763736390078660089279678851/03-2-copy.png {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. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X3044299364198281581171169823107/View04-2_7k.jpg {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. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F3065224057577184873558501493123/02-01-EDIT.png {HEALING PLACE 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. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M3065244371131758842516741032323/WAT_Exterior01C.png {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. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/I3065250796852142734428241398147/03-2-copy-3.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A3076336128725669014564635412867/SI008-HBI-RENDER-03.png {RESEARCH INSTITUTE 01} - Ecological Research Institute, 2021 <div style="text-align: left;">An Environmental Education Centre located at the crux of wet and dry landscapes in Western Australia.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q3076356257720568526058811033987/230330-Rivermouth-0236.jpg {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. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X3076360871269708104891379747203/Cover.png {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. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/B3076386812335603152275111676291/thumbnail_IMG_4560.jpg {STORE 01} - Alpha60, Newtown, 2021 <div style="text-align: left;">We assisted Alpha60 in the refurbishment and interior fit for its flagship store in Newtown.</div> . https://watersarchitects.com/top-nav-copy-copy 2026-08-24T02:45:52+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F3044870310591592074368067045763/WA_PracticeDiagram_2_CLD_Black-7pt.png https://watersarchitects.com/hompage-draft-02 2026-08-24T02:45:52+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/E2988760819277311075881915779459/03-1-copy.png {COMMUNITY CENTRE 01} - Cathedral Ranges, 2023 <div style="text-align: left;">A landscape renewal plan and community centre for traditional owner land council in north-eastern Victoria.</div> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/L2988763736390078660089279678851/03-2-copy.png {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. The project launched at Melbourne Design Week 20206 through the presentation of a short film - visual essy that traces three projects currently underway within the practices of Ben Waters Architects and Architecture Associates, following the converstations, objects, drawings, and small acts of exchange through white archtiecture slowly takes place https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F3065224057577184873558501493123/02-01-EDIT.png <a href="housing-02-wimmera-healing-place" rel="history"> {HEALING PLACE 02} - Wimmera Healing Place, 2026</a> 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. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/M3065244371131758842516741032323/WAT_Exterior01C.png {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 . https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C3079365884635924689713394092419/02-01-EDIT.png <a href="housing-02-wimmera-healing-place" rel="history"> {HEALING PLACE 02} - Wimmera Healing Place, 2026</a> 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. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K3087280302461087942617572575619/IMG_8298-web-copy.jpg <a href="design-brief-02-wotjobaluk" rel="history"> {DESIGN BRIEF 02} - Wotjobaluk Cultural Design Brief, 2025</a> A Cultural Design Brief co-designed with the Wotjobaluk First-Nations community to support and guide the Wimmera Healing Place project. 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