McP formed a project team including three leading, innovative Architectural practices, to each prepare two prototype concept designs for selected government-owned sites in various locations across Victoria. Six Degrees, Austin Maynard and BKK are each providing 'deep dive' case studies into selected completed projects by their practices, with insights for the establishment, process and implementation of housing developments.

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^{Photo credits: Aerial - Google (top) / ParkLife - Tom Ross, courtesy Austin Maynard Architects (left) / 17 Union Street: courtesy BKK Architects (right)}

RMIT University's new Post-Carbon Research Centre is also contributing to our study, researching national and international case studies of Council-led housing initiatives, and innovative methods for sustainable housing production, to inform the concept design work.

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^{Photo credit: Rory Gardiner, courtesy Six Degrees Architects}

The concept designs prepared by the Architects will be developed tested through a series of participatory stakeholder workshops. Our team will then carry our internal design reviews, and cost analysis, as a basis for preparation of a Business Case for these hypothetical projects, to demonstrate their feasibility, utilsing government land assets and other strategic initiatives.

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