“Buildings and Trees”
Led by Louise Wright


Architecture must reconsider and remake its relationship with living things. High on this list is its relationship with trees, long used by architects to form plans and compliment objects, removed because they are in the way of the building, forced into shallow and isolated soil depths, banned for their disruption of footing systems and gutters, removed in bushfire prone areas for their risks to building ignition and so on...




“Something Like a House”
Led by Colby Vexler


Without narrative or extra-disciplinary concepts, we look closely at the suburban flat typology. Here we observe, remark and speculate on the obvious and overlooked aspects of a familiar-ish typology…the six-pack apartment. In doing so, we do not seek to perpetuate its existence in the suburbs, but reconsider its present viability and near future, subtly.

Through a healthy compromise with reality, a re-evaluation of density, ecology, function and comfort will drive our lines of enquiry. For us, the non-typical and unconventional are not synonymous with the unlivable or impractical, but rather critical and careful proposition. Well organised, but still a bit ambiguous, the final outcome will hope to re-perceive the way we see the suburban flat, which could maybe appear something like a house...for 12ish.




“The Walls Around Us” Student Competition
Commissioned by the Robin Boyd Foundation




I have considered a new way to live on this site that addresses the diverse ways we now live through a range of dwelling sizes and types and shared space. My proposal speaks to our immediate concerns as a society of social interaction and support and the environment...