Hang Lui Bud Lo (Bud)

From the Creative State 2021-2025 Consultation, 82% of young people have had their ability to create, work and study in the creative industries significantly impacted by COVID-19. Many homes may not facilitate working space for workers in the performance arts sector as they require more open space. According to Creative Victoria, creative workers tend to move out to more regional areas from the cities, which is known as the donut effect, for a more hybrid work living space. This Creative House project is addressing young Performance Artists (Aged 18-35), in theatre, music and dance sectors.

The project develops the idea along the lines of a village structure, by the four pillars 1) Working and Living; 2) Coworking and collaboration; 3) Community and 4) Recreation. The artist residency reinterprets the idea of “Performance” by introducing the concept of “Life on DISPLAY”. Blurring the boundaries between inside and outside, residents are displaying daily life activities as a performance. The project utilises stairs to create a journey in the village and the architecture is conceived as the backdrop of the performances. The house and rooftop garden form a spatial continuum that is timeless and futuristic, which seeks to achieve harmony between natural things and man-made. People live not only indoors but in the outer realm and develop the idea of social narratives, which is a place for people to meet surprisingly.