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SOCIAL PLANNING

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Housing for real people
not the glossy magazines

There is currently much debate in Australia
– and internationally – about housing design and housing policy.

There is agreement among researchers about some aspects, there is a lot of disagreement. And a lot of resistance. Some developers are responding to “market segmentation” with innovative designs for shared housing, student housing, even housing for extended families. But many are still offering products that are not likely to meet the needs of emerging Australian households.

What do these households look like and what are their needs?

Her career has ranged from senior advisory roles in the South Australian Government to advisor to developers and state and local governments. Her housing research has spanned a wide range of disciplines.

Most recent work for a major national developer and a state land commission involved:  in-depth investigations of medium-density housing; exploration of social and demographic trends; and implications for planning and housing design.

 
   
CREATING GREAT PLACES PEOPLE LOVE
PUBLIC SPACES FOR PEOPLE
WHAT IF CHILDREN MADE THE DECISIONS?
THE DEEPER MEANINGS OF HOUSING
THE NOT-SO-EMPTY NEST
HOUSING FOR ALL CULTURES: CAN WE DO IT?
ECOLOGICAL HOUSING: WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN?
WHAT IS RIGHT AND WRONG WITH MEDIUM-DENSITY HOUSING?
THE HOUSE AS A MIRROR OF SELF
WORKING FROM HOME
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Generous support from Karl Langheinrich, Yollana Shore,
Kelvin Walsh, Andrea Cook,
Steph Walton, Anne Gorman,
Jacqui Bridson and Mikey Engstrom
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Photographs by Wendy Sarkissian, Andrea Cook, Nadia Carvalho,
Kelvin Walsh
and Christian Sprogoe.
Illustrations by Andrea Cook
unless otherwise credited.
Illustrations from
Housing as if People Mattered
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