Lysaght Speaker Series | Everyone Deserves A Home: More Of Us Together

BOOKINGS OPEN AT 10AM ON WEDNESDAY 8 OCTOBER

Contingent to this approach is the notion of more of us living closer together and reaping the plentiful rewards of sharing space and resources.

PANELLISTS:
Dr Damian Madigan
Registered Architect and Associate Professor of Architecture, University of South Australia
Damian is the creator of the concept of “Bluefield” housing – an alternative model for infill development in older suburbs. By focusing on small scale developments that comprise alterations and additions for multiple dwellings on a single residential block, the adverse impacts on existing neighbourhoods are minimised.
Jenny Edwards
Building Scientist and Director, Light House ArchiScience, Australian Capital Territory
Jenny will share insights from the last decade of examples of “Clever Co-housing” that Light House designed for Canberrans. Utilising large blocks, the clever co-housing approach repurposed large, older homes, and where suitable added one or more new dwellings, allowing more than one family group live together on a single suburban block. All were cost-effective, low-carbon, climate resistant, and highly liveable.
Michi Moses
Registered Architect and 2023 Paul Pholeros Architecture Scholarship Recipient
Michi is a passionate advocate of “collaborative housing” and living communally in the 21st century. Drawing on her research paper, “We’re all in this together”, she will share her findings about the role of cohousing plays in addressing affordability and living conditions in Australia, including the different governance structures and benefits of each.
Jane Hilliard
Founding Director and Head Designer, Homeful by Designful, Tasmania
Responding to a client’s lifestyle, Jane and her team have designed several “ancillary dwellings” which provide greater flexibility to meet their client’s needs over time. Modest in scale and cost, they exemplify the practice’s approach to building just enough and ensuring they work holistically with the existing main house as well as the surrounding outdoor spaces.

Session: Wednesday 12 November, 6pm-7:30pm (bookings required)