Architects Invested Own Money In Ethical Housing | Terrace House by Austin Maynard Architects
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- Опубліковано 13 вер 2021
- Andrew Maynard and Kevin Hui discussing investing in ethical housing that aims for triple bottom line of environmental, social and financial sustainability. Talking about the design and being the lessons from being the developer.
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I love how you two can always have an informed, measured and nuanced discussion about particular topics whilst still maintaining a sense of fun, informality and entertainment. But always grounded in social rights, justice and community.
This is nothing new, of course. As every single one of your videos feel like this. It almost feels like the I'm just sitting down with a couple of mates and chatting about architecture.
Love what you two are doing with Archimarathon. Thank you, Andrew, Kevin, Mark, your families and all other investors. This is a wonderful project and hopefully it serves as an example of a viable formula for developers to follow, not only in Aus.
Love you guys, love from South Africa.
Thanks. That’s great compliment and the “vibe” we are going for.
There's a gap that needs to be filled. Hopefully, further developments like this continue to happen. +1 for affordable housing.
It's great to see some developers are taking on some of these things
Been watching this beauty come up over the months. Well done guys 👏 As a Swiss man I've been waiting for a building like this to show people what Europe has been doing for the last 100 years lol
Let's hope things are changing.
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Southern Europe needs to kick in!!!....
It's such an exciting development model! As a young designer, it's depressing thinking about the housing market and my future income. This gives me a little hope
Thanks.
We need a finished house tour and yearly update videos. Love this work.
I recall being truly amazed by the resolve of the first Nightingale project back then, but it's so great to see these approaches perpetually being further refined and focused. Very much looking forward to seeing a walk through.
just started my career in a large commercial firm, it's my dream though to make the switch to residential. I have always been so intrigued by the level of detail and the chance to zoom in and consider every little thing. This project and many others on this channel have been so inspiring, I often find myself binging these videos while working from home!
A project done by two lectures wherein they changed the multi-unit res landscape, with a focus on sustainability, by investing their own time and money while understanding the systems that create architecture at a base financial level from inception, by taking on a discipline outside of architecture in order to show the holes in that discipline. 😂😂😂
This is going to be one of those projects that one and everyone in one’s firm would have learned about in first year as an example of best practice and how devoted one should be to architecture.
It reminds me of the type of thinking that went into VPUU in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa: Acupuncture architecture that successfully transformed a notoriously dangerous route in a townships (plagued by socio-economic challenges) into the safest pedestrian artery by the architects getting involved in other practices and involving the community. It was all some of my lectures spoke about 😄😂.
So excellent work, I am sure you both are an inspiration to your students.
Keep these richly informative conversations happening please. Love them! And love Terrace House. Participated in Open Day run by Friends of Robyn Boyd so was able to experience these spaces discussed.
Excellent presentation and project. Real hardcore architecture with heart and meat, not just pretty pictures.
Soon to be finished but definitely it will be a great precedent in the future of housing. Really love the ideas that had been put on. So much respect in the site context, in the environment, playing with the climate, bringing the community and social justice. Great discussion as well 😊
18:48 I once had a project where my favorite part was really fought FOR by the client so that was an epic privilege.
Can't wait for the walkthrough and to see like 'one year later' too when those entry spaces have been personalised by the residents!
Yeah would love to see how people use the building
This was a very interesting archimarathon, developers were discussed finally by architects well done. The cost of living the running costs and liveability, which developers tend to replace with the language of luxury now theres an issue!! Culture creates architecture thanks guys ethical housing
Can't wait for the walk through 💕
You are not only building equitable architecture. You are also creating equitable education for people who want to learn more about architecture but cannot afford to get an education from schools that hoard the most talented educators. Big thanks to you both. I love the dialogue between a practitioner and an educator.
Cheers
Great Video. Super relevant for my current studio assignment.
Great vid as always. Looking forward to the walkthrough
Best video!! Great showcase of a solution for the housing crisis
Great to see more architects venturing into developing. I think a key way to address climate issues and affordability issues is by doing this ourselves and not leaving it in the hands of people that care more for profits than anything else (realtors, traditional developers, etc).
I just completed my first development on my own (owner/arch/dev) last month and it was a lot of fun. Super stressful like you mentioned but I think most of that comes with just the first time experiences. On top of the HUGE learning curve that comes with developing, the fact that we both went through the global pandemic and economic crisis and still came out on top says a lot. Says a lot to anyone that survived doing something this risky over the last year. Even with the over all price increases I still made great returns (assuming you did as well).
I would really suggest that you do not completely walk away from developing. I know its not for everyone but we (both the profession and society) need more people like you who have the experience and and the desire to put community before profits.
It would also be a great video to make showing the breakdown of the costs on your development. Show the numbers and the process you all went through to get the project started.
So beautiful! I have been following your work for a while and absolutely love it!! Thank god for people like you helping to fix the terrible quality in new developments in Australia.
I'll let Andrew answer this.
Also, I don't know why but I love the entrances to the appartments. I hate entering into a building and then walking down a crappy carpeted hallway boxed inside the building.
looking forward to the finished apartment tour
Well done. It is a great solution that can encourage others to see the benefit of triple bottom line.
How did I go half a year of studying architecture witI missed a lot 😂 very informative, I am glad I find this video
Such an amazing video, great model that balances housing as a human right in the framework of the economics we live in
so amazing, great job Kevin for not only the video but putting money towards this great cause! :) ethical apartments to the moon!!
Yes, I know that's a topic you are interested in. Make sure you read Lessons For Students In Architecture by Herman Hertzberger
@@Archimarathon will do, thanks for the recommendation :)
Thank you so much for putting this out there for us. This is exactly what I've been feeling I need to do for my community as well. I look forward to learning more about the development of this project! Best of luck and thanks again!
Thank you
absolutely wonderful. Great goal great building great video. Keep up the work best arch channel!
Thank you
Such a great job for you all contributed and very inspiring! Yes the issue goes much deeper and this was a small step but significant I feel. :) LOVE it!
this looks very exciting! People are actually doing things we wish would happen! Magnificent.
Such insight & wholistic thinking for housing solutions. Well done
omg I'm literally in love with this id love to live there >>>
Sorry. All sold already.
I salute you! Great project! Congrats!
Good job, I love it
Ahhhhh. Nothing better than the rustle of SketchUp trees.
Nah brother, it's them low-poly enscape pigeons flocks 🕊️
Be excellent to each other. And, Parti On, Dudes!
Stay hydrated!
This fine little building would fit right into any Montreal neighbourhood, where the norm is a small apartment building with individual entrances reached by outside staircases and balconies. It would only need some adjustments to deal with the city's harsh winters. Montreal's housing stock is dominated by what is called the "missing middle" housing. Unsurprisingly, Montrealers pay considerably less of their income on rent than dwellers in other cities, and they have a huge choice of types of housing.
Yes Melbourne and Sydney have become some of the most unaffordable cities in terms of housing in the world.
Fabulous!..This is exemplary work. What price range do these apartments occupy!
It would be nice if homes for sale had to include heating/cooling costs over 5 years (or expected energy costs* for new builds) adjacent to the actual purchase price of the home. that would incentivize better development that balances costs and benefits. I'd bet we'd see better building practices.
*I bet we could get the calculation down to a few variables, such as insulation in floor, walls, and attic plus the ACH50 number.
Loved this video and appreciated the mention of Herman Hertzberger’s books. You always seem to remind me of books I haven’t looked at or thought about for 15 years! I Hope to see more of these pop up in the next few years so Ike’s can invest in them too.
It was also quite timely as I have a client who wants to go from architecture to development in Qatar so we talked a lot about what value architects can bring to development so it was great to see it in practice.
Great. Let’s hope this video gives them some consideration
amazing to see this effort ! 👍 and in an enjoyable video too :D
Cheers
Another great video! Really hope to see more buildings like this, designed in a way that is sensitive and conscientious towards the community it serves.
Thanks
Great to get an insight into the ethical housing model! How do you think Architects/Architecture can play a role in pushing this type of process for the suburban housing market? Obviously harder with less ability to share infrastructure costs and more reliance on cars, lack of public transport etc. I live in Tasmania and get so disheartened seeing new sub divisions being chopped up and blocks sold to large housing building companies who then offer the land as a house and land package. It just destroys any chance of the subdivision being thought about at a communal level with sharing of infrastructure. What can we as architects do to try and push into that space to create better, denser, more community focused suburbs? I feel like its possibly too late, even for Tas?
Brilliantly compiled! Wish these great ideas were documented and made open sourced and transparent, to truly be able to benefit other Architects and have a far reaching effect on communities. rather than being monopolised by a closed door syndicate!
It's sad to know how much knowledge and tech is available yet most housing projects, across the globe, are surface-level and not targeted for efficient living.
The Spinal Tap clip.. 😂
“Flash bang out!”
Really interesting, guys! Good work AMA, I´ve been following the evolution of this project on Ig and it´s so cool.I think that most of the times when architects are also developers, tend to neglect some important conditions that good architecture has, and this is fortunately just the opposite of that. A very well designed and developed work.
Affordable, efficient and well designed houses used to be an important concern, even when results might have been far from perfect, it was a real intention to think about how could be the best way to live.
I believe this is a good starting point and hope it inspires many other developments
We got to talk about Herman Hertzberger’s book again and some of those core principles in thinking about spaces for people
@@Archimarathon Indeed!!
Hi Kevin and Andrew, really appreciate the time and effort you put into making archimarathon. As a recent grad trying to navigate the working world I have found myself questioning the processes I use to resolve a space. I think in some instances I may be reinventing the wheel. Your videos have inspired me to look more outward and question why architects make the decisions they make. Thanks for all of your tips!
PS any book suggestions on space and terrace homes?
Cheers. Check out books on narrow houses. Books on understanding housing such as 6000 Years of Housing etc. Then of course classics like A Pattern Language and Lessons For Students In Architecture as mentioned in the video
@@Archimarathon Cool! Will do
Sheesh~ looking forward to the tour. Real question: is it already sold out 😂
Yes,. 100% all sold.
Wayne’s World. Wayne’s World.!
Party Time. Excellent!!!!
*air guitar*
Winner winner!
Chicken spinner
Very interesting, so the truth is "you wouldn't do it again" you've worked for free and risked a lot. To be truely sustainable and equitable it needs to be profitable.
To achieve this, in % terms what should you have sold these apartments for? An extra 10%, 20%, 30%?
Or alternatively, what would have to have dropped out of the scope/specs to accomodate design costs? That said, if affordability was tackled through economic reform to rebalance the function vs investment ratio of housing in Australia (CGT and CG exemption reform), perhaps that would help absorb the issue that had to be absorbed in this project by the architects.
Great Perspective on the future of our housing stock! Is the Nightingale modal getting it right? What are your thoughts on the Assemble Housing Modal? Are these organizations still profit-driven or should more developers look to what they are doing? Cheers
Did AMA 3D print the physical model? It looks like a combination of laser cutting (base?) and 3D printing. Could I ask for more information on how that was made?
3D printer
Reminds me brutalist flat movement in UK.
And they made a good and affordable ... investment property for short stay accomodations or for students to share a flat.
How did you setup the solar system? Is it shared across the house?
All utilities infrastructure are shared
@@Archimarathon does that mean you get a percentage of the solar system? Or the bills are split across the building?
I'm here at 9, 999 views count hahhaha, how iconic.
looks a bit post-modern though :)
what will someone do if they own a car?
They find, rent, or buy a carpark nearby. There are plenty available in the area.
These apartments are anti-introverts :) JK. Nice work.
Well it's about choice. Doesn't mean you have to socialise all the time. But it is about a community.
i think the entrance spaces couldve been enclosed into the apartments, and the function of the common area would not have been reduced (might get a little darker...)
Community🤣
Nice
So did you go broke developing🤣
Australia is overpriced anf homes
Europe has better standards
The model has a Adidas fluro inspired colour scheme 😂
Stacker car parks are future as well