By the year 2040 a significant majority of Victoria’s coastline and assets would be at high risk from coastal inundation and erosion. In recent months, thousands of people across Australia’s east have been displaced by flood waters where authorities warned residents it was “too late to leave” as floodwaters approached. A Home on Stilts addresses this issue by directly responding to the cause using systematic prefabrication modules. This strategy suggests the evident notion of elevated living but without disregarding the level underneath. Unveiling themes of connection and materiality, A home on stilts grasps the caprice of working alongside water rather than against it.
Materiality and Structure
The components of the immediate response, excavating materiality and structure
Immediate Response Variation
Exploring one of the typologies in section to view the components and hierarchy of materials for elevated structure vs floodable.
Recovery to Permanence
The addition of modules connected through deck space and further occupation of the ground below.
Structural formation through materiality
Inuri Liyanage, Materiality and Structure
Inuri Liyanage, Immediate Response Variation
Inuri Liyanage, Recovery to Permanence
Inuri Liyanage, Structural formation through materiality
In the spirit of reconciliation Monash University acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
