Projects

#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.