Family – Sorell
24 Clifton Drive, Sorell
Sunday, Nov 08
Booking required
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Architect: 1+2 Architecture (2025-26)
Family Sorell: A New Model for Housing
What if good housing could mean more than a house on a block?
Step inside Family Sorell and explore a different approach to creating affordable, high-quality homes. Following last year’s Open House Hobart conversation about affordable housing, this guided tour offers a chance to see how thoughtful planning and architecture can create places that are practical, connected and enjoyable to live in.
Rather than following the familiar pattern of detached houses on standard suburban lots, the development reintroduces the terrace house as a contemporary housing model. Homes are arranged to make better use of land while creating a stronger sense of connection between neighbours and the wider community.
Look closer at how the layout, shared spaces, streets and individual homes work together to create a neighbourhood and discover how relatively simple changes to the way we plan housing can open up new possibilities.
Come and have a look, explore the development and consider what the future of affordable housing could look like.
Tour : Sun 8 Nov, 11.00am (bookings required)
Location
Sorell
Building Types
Residential
Under Construction
Architectural Period
Contemporary (2001-current)
Features
Architectural Design
Guided Tour
New to Program
Accessibilities
Level Changes
Uneven Surfaces
See. Snap. Share. Win.
Share your pics of your favourite places and the stories that go with them on Instagram or Facebook, using the hashtags #oh_hobart and #oh_southernmidlands to enter this year’s photo competition. Stay tuned for a host of prizes.
![Open House Hobart and the Emerging Architects and Graduates Network (EmAGN) Tasmania @emagn_tas would like to thank everyone who kindly bid in this year's annual Sheltered [Ground] Silent Auction.
We watched the last-minute bidding war on some items (looking at your chair, @other_furniture_) with absolute glee; because, together, you helped raise over $8000 for the Hobart Women's Shelter @hobartwomensshelter. Legends. THANK YOU!!
If you missed out on an item, but you'd still like to support HWS, please head to the link in bio to make a donation. Your financial help plays a critical role in supporting service delivery and therapeutic programs, and fund strategic projects such as building long-term homes. Such programs provide opportunities for women and children to lead independent and fulfilling lives.
Finally, congratulations to those who outbid everyone else – enjoy your beautiful pieces, knowing there's a string of jealous individuals who missed out. Don't worry! We'll do it all again next year.
Image: Isabel and Elsie, prototype houses for Hobart Women's Shelter, by Christopher Clinton Architect @christopher__clinton with Core Collective Architects @core_collective | Photographer: Nina Hamilton @nina.hamilton.photo](https://openhousehobart.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)