tag: homelessness
How to dismember a park and get away with it
posted 03.22 in news.
There are lots of new social housing developments firing up at the moment, as part of the Victorian Government’s $5.3B “Big Housing Build”. The “Build” was announced soon after the public housing tower lockdowns focused eyes on the long-neglected sector. There is a lot going on, so I’ve narrowed it down to just one development not too far from me, and I’ll be looking at the site more than the buildings.
Emergency Shelter Exhibition
posted 05.13 in events.
It’s the day after … Your family is frightened, cold, and alone … What protection can you give them? This exhibition is to propose shelters that could not only protect people from rain and other elements in emergency...
Talking Homes - Karen Burns
posted 12.11 in resources.
Dr Karen Burns discusses the home, the house, and housing. Touching on TV’s The Block, Ikea, homelessness, and the work of Simon Anderson in Perth, the video of this brief Melbourne Architecture Annual session in 2011 is worth watching. 11...
Designing for the homeless
posted 09.11 in news.
The question is what can design thinking do to contribute to averting homelessness, mitigating its effects and improving the daily life of those who are homeless and proposing different and longer term pathways to social inclusion, housing, and...
DRI Homelessness
posted 08.11 in resources.
If you are RESEARCHER, STUDENT or DESIGN PRACTITIONER, a SERVICE PROVIDER or have experienced HOMELESSNESS we invite you to form a team (of at least two members) to develop and submit an Idea Proposal to the competitive Design Challenge. On any...
Oasis
posted 09.10 in news.
Far away from glossy houses and Adriatic naval gazing, this gritty documentary shot in the Salvation Army’s Oasis Support Network in Sydney’s Surry Hills shows a glimpse of what is like to be young, drug-addicted, and homeless in a...
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