Citizen Block
This project partners with architect Katherine Sundermann and the development company Property Collectives who specialise in deliberative residential development - bringing groups of like-minded individuals together into collectives to help source sites and manage residential development projects. The workshops in Melbourne in 2018 showcase a 1:100 customisable model for collaborative apartment planning and design for aspiring households.
The model provided a visual and spatial device through which people who were interested in forming a development group could come together and test their willingness to enter into this kind of arrangement and also explore the trade-offs and practicalities of such a collaborative approach to housing.
‘Invaluable – having a physical model to work with clarified the reality of the compromises.’
— Participant feedback
‘The blocks brought the core philosophy and motivations to life.’
— Participant feedback
‘The exercise of placing blocks really demonstrated the way that trade-offs play out.’
— Participant feedback