design Archives – Aboriginal Housing NT

Photos: housing changes

readings, research, resources • bush materials, construction, design, history

For the 2024 Aboriginal Housing and Homelands conference we prepared a photographic exhibition, ‘Housing changes’. The idea was to show the various forms that Aboriginal […]

Architecting with Aboriginal clients

readings, report • 1970s, 2000s, Australian Government, consultation, design, leadership

This post links to a story by Antony McPhee about architecting with Aboriginal clients. The story traces work done by the author’s father, Andrew McPhee,

Cool living in a hot, dry climate

readings, resources • 2020s, climate, design, monitoring & evaluation

A resource about making Central Australian houses more comfortable to live in.

Collaborative construction at Belyuen

report • 2010s, construction, design, inspiration

To test a collaborative construction proecess, in 2013 Bower Studio worked with a family at Belyuen to build an outdoor shade structure. Bower Studio is

Collaborative design in Kalkarindji

readings, resources • culture, design, history, inspiration

In 2018 Bower Studios (A University of Melbourne initiative that involves Master of Architecture students in projects to consult, design and build in remote locations)

Homeland communities designing and building for themselves

readings, report, research, strategy • 1980s, 2020s, bush materials, construction, decision-making, design, DIY, homelands, local labour

In the 1980s architect Paul Haar worked with residents of Mount Catt homeland as they designed and built their own first houses using bush poles,