#58 The Retrofit Housing Atlas
This project will document the typology, frequency and concentration of common Australian housing stock (1940s–2010s) and demonstrate systematic and scalar retrofit strategies for their densification, diversification and adaptation to 21st century social and environmental priorities.
The Atlas will include:
- Descriptions of common Australian house types in 8 Australian capital cities – Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney – with potential for retrofitting and adaptation for measured densification and better social and environmental performance. These will be illustrated through representative case studies of each common housing type. Urban mapping of the identified house types will illustrate their concentration and frequency through maps at precinct, suburb and metropolitan scale.
- Strategies for adaptations and retrofitting of the identified house types. These will be illustrated through design concepts.
Project team: Prof. Nigel Bertram, Dr Tom Morgan, A/Prof. Catherine Murphy
Lead researcher
Industrialisation
- Energy
- Environmentally Sustainable Design
- Indoor Environmental Quality
- Sustainable Materials & Products
- Building Operation and Performance
- Building Materials & Systems
- Prefabrication & Advanced Manufacturing
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Theme coordinator
Dr Victor Bunster
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Building Operation and Performance
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Building Materials & Systems
Theme coordinator
Dr Rackel San Nicolas
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#58 The Retrofit Housing Atlas
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#105 Blockchain-powered peer-to-peer energy trading: Advancing sustainability and affordability in smart residential communities
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Prefabrication & Advanced Manufacturing
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#58 The Retrofit Housing Atlas
#104 Development of a solution for high-rise mass timber residences through a Post & Plate system – Phase 2 Numerical and experimental investigation
#84 Feasibility study of recycling excavated clay materials in full-scale concrete applications
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