Designing Affordability: Quicker, smarter, more efficient housing now
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Designing Affordability

Curated by Marc Norman

'Designing Affordability: Quicker, Smarter, More Efficient Housing Now' presents case studies from Australia and around the world that address ways of reducing costs without compromising design quality.

Exhibition Dates: 6 October – 8 November 2016

"Affordable housing" typically refers to policy initiatives that ensure that residents at a certain income can qualify for housing units, but "affordability" is a broader concept. The exhibition examines how architects, engineers, planners, policy makers, tenants, and homeowners are crafting innovative ways to reduce the cost of housing by rethinking how we build, maintain, and occupy structures.

With generous support from Urban Growth NSW and the University of Sydney the exhibition which debuted at the Center for Architecture in New York was enhanced with Australian projects that rethink the way we live, design and finance housing for increased affordability.  

An associated symposium brought together architects, planners, policy makers and academics for a lively discussion on the themes of the exhibition. Art direction by Once-Future Office.

Marc Norman is the founder of Ideas and Action, a multidisciplinary consultancy working with for-profit, non-profit and governmental organizations on community development and affordable housing initiatives.


Photos by Jacquie Manning © 2016


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