Thesis Studio/06

Nightingale Night School

Jeremy McLeod and Ali Galbraith

Studio Description

The status quo development model is aimed at delivering buildings with maximum financial yields rather than focusing on the people who will live there or their impact on the environment and local communities.

Nightingale Housing aims to provide housing for Australia’s rapidly growing population in well-connected, community-driven, medium density apartments – all delivered to people through means outside of the existing paradigm of developers, marketers and real estate agents to make them more socially, environmentally and economically sustainable.
Nightingale Housing exists to revolutionise the way we live together. Students will learn how to interrogate the financial feasibility of developments and have the opportunity to learn the process of delivering triple bottom line housing at cost.

Students will need to consider Shepparton’s position on the front line of the climate crisis as well as other challenges and opportunities unique to this city. We will explore pushing the boundaries of multi residential architectural design to create meaningful contributions to the city.

Studio Outcomes

Each student will be given the tools to undertake a Nightingale project and use these as a foundation to design in detail a medium density housing building on a real site in Shepparton as a prototype of their vision of the future of housing.

Studio Leaders

Jeremy is the founding director of Breathe Architecture, a team of dedicated architects that have built a reputation for delivering high quality design and sustainable architecture at various scales. Jeremy has over 25 years experience across multiple sectors including delivering large scale multi-residential and commercial projects on time, on budget and with a high level of innovation. Jeremy is relentless in his advocacy for a net zero emissions future and believes that architects, through collaboration, can drive real positive change.

Breathe Architecture has a strong focus on sustainable urbanisation seeking innovative ways to deliver more affordable housing in the midst of a climate crisis.

Since joining Breathe in 2019, Ali has worked as the design lead on a wide range of projects including multi-residential, commercial, hospitality and strategic planning.

Ali is a big picture thinker who enjoys collaborating with others. Her capacity for design, her efficiency, her speed and her confidence in communication has led her to a prominent role leading the design team. Ali specialises in Concept design, developing the conceptual framework and working with clients to deliver on their project aspirations. She has a strong understanding of Development Feasibility and Urban Design, working across a range of scales and typologies to prepare strategic masterplans and feasibility studies.

Readings & References

• Triumph of the City, Edward Glaeser, 2012
• Soft City, David Sim, 2019
• No Place Like Home, Peter Mares, 2009
• The Human Scale, 2016 (Movie)
• Urbanised, 2011 (Movie)
• Podcast - Housing the Australian Nation with Peter Mares https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/earshot/peter-mares/12207050
• How to Kill a City, Peter Mowskowitz 2018
• How Do We Solve The Housing Crisis? New Community-Led Models For Planning And Architecture, Deborah Talbot, Forbes, May 17th 2018 https://www.forbes.com/sites/deborahtalbot/2018/05/17/how-do-we-solve-the-housing-crisis-new-community-led-models-for-planning-and-architecture/
• Collaborative Housing, University of Technology Sydney https://www.collaborativehousing.org.au

Schedule
Lecture Thursdays 17:15-18:15 in MSD B121 (Malaysian Theatre) in Weeks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10
Studio Mondays and Wednesdays 18:00-21:00 off-campus at Breathe Architecture

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