#116 MMC Pathways for Youth Housing Delivery
This project explores how Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) can improve housing outcomes for young people transitioning from state care. In partnership with Uniting NSW.ACT, it will translate youth-centred design insights into practical MMC pathways, design guides and feasibility frameworks. Through case studies, co-design workshops and demonstration activities, the project aims to deliver evidence-based tools that support faster, more affordable and higher-quality youth housing.
The project will inform and deliver an MMC Strategy for Uniting, to use across its property portfolio. The outcomes will strengthen sector capability, inform government and funding submissions, and advance the Building 4.0 CRC mission to industrialise, digitise and humanise Australia’s housing delivery system.
Project team: A/Prof. Duncan Maxwell, Dr Lisa Giusti Gestri, Dr Victor Bunster, Dr Rachel Couper, Dr Camilo Cruz Gambardella
Lead researcher
People, Practices and Culture
- Building Design and DFMA
- Building Materials & Systems
- Housing and Urban Design (Affordability)
- Prefabrication & Advanced Manufacturing
Building Design and DFMA
Projects
#115 Performance, Productivity and Carbon Benchmarking of a Distributed Prefabricated Construction System
#116 MMC Pathways for Youth Housing Delivery
#110 Circular design strategies for future-proofing building services
#112 Flexible wet cores for volumetric housing construction
#71 Automated decision making for interdisciplinary coordination during early-stage building design
Building Materials & Systems
Theme coordinator
Dr Rackel San Nicolas
Projects
#123 Ready-to-Use Fire and Acoustic Certified Solutions for Off-the-Shelf CLT Construction
#115 Performance, Productivity and Carbon Benchmarking of a Distributed Prefabricated Construction System
#116 MMC Pathways for Youth Housing Delivery
#58 The Retrofit Housing Atlas
#76 Thermally active floor panels for cost effective space cooling
Prefabrication & Advanced Manufacturing
Projects
#115 Performance, Productivity and Carbon Benchmarking of a Distributed Prefabricated Construction System
#118 Featherweight Housing: Unlocking affordable, compliant and rapidly deployable walk-up housing through digital innovation and regulatory reform
#116 MMC Pathways for Youth Housing Delivery
#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