People + Partners

Are modular homes the solution to Australia’s housing shortage?

Hear our CEO Prof. Mathew Aitchison on ABC Life Matters, discussing modular housing’s role in addressing Australia’s housing shortage.

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Future Building Ep 20 How to Unlock Offsite Construction for Affordable Housing. With Ivan Rupnik, Founder of MOD X

Prof. Ivan Rupnik, Founder of MOD X and Associate Professor at Northeastern University, speaks to Prof. Mathew Aitchison on how to unlock offsite affordable housing and shares his insights on working with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

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Urgent calls for a Building Research and Development Corporation to address national housing crisis

Building 4.0 Cooperative Research Centre CEO Prof. Mathew Aitchison called for urgent action to stand up a national building research and development corporation (RDC) to arrest declining productivity in the sector, a key contributor to higher costs and supply shortages.

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The answer to our housing crisis is structural reform

“Prefab alone can’t solve our housing crisis. We need to think bigger,” says Prof. Mathew Aitchison

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Like IKEA but for houses: Could Sweden’s housing revolution come to Australia?

SBS Dateline’s latest episode looks into Sweden’s prefabricated houses and whether they can be the answer to Australia’s housing supply crisis.

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Advancing Education, Skills and Training for the Future of Building

The fourth industrial revolution (4.0) has brought disruption and advancement to the realm of building construction. This short video from Building 4.0 CRC and Holmesglen Institute explains what ‘4.0-ness’ means to the present and future of building.

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Intro

Meet the people and partners who are helping to make Building 4.0 CRC possible.

Board
Executive
Partners

Partners

The CRC’s collaborative structure enables our partners to understand the value of new thinking and to integrate innovative practices in their work.

Project Organisations

Vocational Education and Training Partner

FULL LIST OF CRC PARTNERS TO DATE

Theme Coordinators
Project Leads
PhDs
Memberships

Memberships

Building 4.0 CRC is a proud member
of the Digital Twin Consortium.

Building 4.0 CRC is a proud member of MECLA