Temporary Permanent

Temporary Permanent studio explores the notion that post disaster shelter can be delivered as part of a longer-term strategy for permanent housing, community infrastructure and regional recovery. The studio investigated recent disasters across a number of regional Victorian locations - mountainous, coastal and rural - and explored how local conditions, regulations, transportation, available labour and materials as well as social, economic, psychological and environmental factors influence the possibilities for reconstruction and recovery. Using principles establish in the research project CRC #35 – Prefab Housing Solutions For Bushfire And Disaster Relief, students were asked to design a system that reconsidered the idea of ‘home’ across a number of stages including; immediate short-term shelter, progression towards recovery, ongoing permanent home and finally broader community and civic engagement. The proposals were designed as achievable built outcomes that combine prefabricated construction, delivery and assembly methods with the potential for further on-site construction to allow for adjustment and adaptation over time by a variety of users. While the proposals have been tested on specific sites, each system is intended to have a broad application across a variety of locations and conditions.