Coburg House
Thornbury Eucalypt House
Kenmore Pavilion
North Melbourne Apartment
ADAPT
Wyndham Cultural Centre Forecourt
Wales HouseBrunswick Milk Bar House
Information
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Collaborators
Carol Marra
Christy Bryar
David Sanderson
Elizabeth Mossop
Leeanne Marshall
Nikhila Madabhushi
Rachel Steffensen
Sean Lees
Timothy Heffernan
Graphic Design
Lavinia Puccetti (Studio Martini)
Photographer
Mike Lam
Carol Marra
Christy Bryar
David Sanderson
Elizabeth Mossop
Leeanne Marshall
Nikhila Madabhushi
Rachel Steffensen
Sean Lees
Timothy Heffernan
Graphic Design
Lavinia Puccetti (Studio Martini)
Photographer
Mike Lam
Support
Alastair Swayn Foundation
Australian Institute of Architects, Victoria Chapter
Alastair Swayn Foundation
Australian Institute of Architects, Victoria Chapter
Climate disasters are no longer rare or unexpected. Yet the way we respond to them seems to remain reactive, fragmented, and overly focused on the immediate. In the face of this, architects have the ability to play a critical role in recovery; acting as strategic thinkers, facilitators, and advocates who can help communities navigate uncertainty.
CARD has spoken to a wide range of people, from design professionals, insurance brokers, builders, government representatives, academics and community organisations. We entered this space naively, acknowledging that our role is to listen and absorb. We have been open to hearing from diverse opinions and perspectives, but often with the same overall question: what can architects do to help?
Through a series of essays, interviews, and photographs, ADAPT: Rebuilding Place and Agency after Climate Disaster, brings together voices from across architecture, academia, policy, and community organising to explore recovery as a human, complex and non-linear process. The work highlights how housing, governance, and risk intersect with trauma, inequality, and place, and asks how architects might engage more meaningfully with communities beyond, and before, climate disasters.
CARD has spoken to a wide range of people, from design professionals, insurance brokers, builders, government representatives, academics and community organisations. We entered this space naively, acknowledging that our role is to listen and absorb. We have been open to hearing from diverse opinions and perspectives, but often with the same overall question: what can architects do to help?
Through a series of essays, interviews, and photographs, ADAPT: Rebuilding Place and Agency after Climate Disaster, brings together voices from across architecture, academia, policy, and community organising to explore recovery as a human, complex and non-linear process. The work highlights how housing, governance, and risk intersect with trauma, inequality, and place, and asks how architects might engage more meaningfully with communities beyond, and before, climate disasters.