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Designing the Future: A snapshot of our recent projects

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The precarious city: the suburban settlement in an age of uncertainty

Transforming Ageing Housing through Co- and Re- Design

This research project aims to create a ‘how to’ guide for building renewal, providing concepts and tools to assist owners, residents and professionals. The Co-Design Guide will assist in adapting and upgrading ageing apartment buildings to better meet changing needs

Reducing the energy consumed by lighting with gaze-dependent illumination.

This project seeks to identify how building systems can be further augmented to reduce light energy consumption without dimming tenants’ visual experience.

Using acoustic retroreflection in architecture to improve rooms for speech

This project aims to discover how a novel form of acoustic treatment can improve acoustics for speech in rooms such as classrooms and open-plan offices.

Digital technologies and the private rental sector in Australia

Working in partnership with the Tenant Union, this project evaluates the potential for innovation among the new digital technology companies targeting the private rental sector in Australia

Hidden housing crisis? Urban planning and informal housing supply

This project aims to uncover how ‘hidden’ housing arrangements are produced within formal systems of urban regulation and risks or benefits for residents

Circularity by design

This project aims to identify opportunities and barriers for the adoption of circular economy strategies in the Australian construction industry, leading to systemic-radical innovation.

Impact of Work-From-Home Environment on Comfort and Productivity

This project aims to investigate and quantify the effect of indoor climate on occupant comfort, productivity and residential energy use in Work-From-Home settings.

Brain, Mind, and Mallett Street

Working with the Brain and Mind Centre to better understand the role of spatial design in the delivery of clinical services and research in mental health, neurology, and neuroscience.

Increasing Building Envelope Resilience to Moisture Damage

This projects aims to develop clear guidelines for the design and construction of resilient building envelopes to address mould and condensation issues.

The New South Wales private property frontier

Contributing to the Time-Layered Cultural Map of Australia, this pilot study explores the history of land alienation over a series of parishes in New South Wales

Microtimber: Advanced Building Elements Made from Waste

This project aims to demonstrate that timber and plastic waste are a valuable resource and can be transformed into smart sustainable building elements, using advanced manufacturing technologies in the form of 3D printing.

Infrastructure Governance Incubator

The Infrastructure Governance Incubator investigates the planning and delivery of urban infrastructure in Australian cities, identifying strengths and gaps in current practices as well as developing integrated infrastructure governance approaches for Australian cities.

Transforming the palliative care patient journey using emerging technologies

Through the immersive virtual reality platform, this project will address the need to harness personalised, technology-enhanced interactive experiences among palliative care patients

Making the Sustainable Development Goals Feasible at Planetary Scale, One City at a Time

This project will track urban growth across the planet, breaking new ground to enable big data and evidence-driven planning for an urban planet that is sustainable and equitable.

Seeding the Urban

This project focuses on socially and ecologically strained urban environments. In particular, the focus falls on the capacity for small-scale tactical urban interventions to generate large scale ripples of positive change.

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Designing the Future: A snapshot of our recent projects

Our projects

Indigenising the Built Environment in Australia

An interaction model for human–machine creative collaboration

Developing accessible playgrounds for children with vision impairment

Smart regional spaces: Ready, set, go!

Parenting and private car use in Australian cities

Trust and Safety in Autonomous Mobility Systems: A Human-centred Approach.

The university and the city

Locating Giurgola: From Philadelphia School to Global Practice.

Hacking housing: technologies, processes and practices of housing futures

Shared-space interactions between people and autonomous vehicles

Socio-spatial implications of smart city development in India

The precarious city: the suburban settlement in an age of uncertainty

Transforming Ageing Housing through Co- and Re- Design

Reducing the energy consumed by lighting with gaze-dependent illumination.

Using acoustic retroreflection in architecture to improve rooms for speech

Digital technologies and the private rental sector in Australia

Hidden housing crisis? Urban planning and informal housing supply

Circularity by design

Impact of Work-From-Home Environment on Comfort and Productivity

Brain, Mind, and Mallett Street

Increasing Building Envelope Resilience to Moisture Damage

The New South Wales private property frontier

Microtimber: Advanced Building Elements Made from Waste

Infrastructure Governance Incubator

Transforming the palliative care patient journey using emerging technologies

Making the Sustainable Development Goals Feasible at Planetary Scale, One City at a Time

Seeding the Urban