Living Together Series Premiere event.
Living Together Series Premiere
We held our film screening and community discussion event this month at our Brunswick Research Studio. Gathering community members, students, and local council together, we explored local collective housing projects in Brunswick and Brunswick East with academic researcher Rebecca Roke.
It marked the release of three short films created by Rebecca, our Brunswick team, and videographer Matt Quattro of On Q Media, in collaboration with four interviewees and homeowners from the projects: Nightingale Evergreen, Balfe Park Lane and Davison Collaborative.
Film screening and walking tour.
Attendees had the opportunity to hear the progress of Rebecca’s research with RMIT PlaceLab Brunswick and share in a community discussion. For the Living Together Research Project, Rebecca wanted to understand ‘what life’s really like living more closely together, and does it really make any difference to live in collective housing compared to a ‘normal’ home?’.
‘How do residents take on decisions together? Are there things that take you by surprise? Are there things that you grow to love – that you just can’t imagine life without? What are the main reasons why people are adopting a collective approach in Melbourne?’
The discussion amongst the group touched on key elements such as sustainability, scale, cost, self-management, community, and connection in the context of the local case study projects presented. We wrapped up the event with a walking tour to visit two Brunswick-based projects: Nightingale Evergreen and Davison Collaborative. This allowed the group to take a closer look at external design details, contextualise the projects within the surrounding neighbourhoods and chat informally about the topic with Rebecca and the RMIT PlaceLab team.
Walking tour to Nightingale Evergreen and Davison Collaborative.