Pilbara Housing Prototypes
The Pilbara Housing Prototypes is an additional chapter of the Pilbara Vernacular Handbook, which explores several housing design typologies for building in flood prone areas. It aims to provide a diverse range of house type solutions from single-family dwellings to townhouse and multiple unit housing. Various construction methods have been explored including standard construction methods, modular hybrids, raised stilted homes and steel frame modular construction.
Our designs draw upon the investigation undertaken in the Pilbara Vernacular Handbook and are purely speculative. Further investigation is required with the construction and planning sectors. The designs do however, respond to Landcorp’s Climatic Responsive Design ...
Wheatstone Residential Housing
The Chevron-operated Wheatstone project, one of Australia’s largest resource projects, is currently under construction on the Pilbara coast. Located at Ashburton, 12 kilometres west of Onslow, the foundation phase of the project will consist of two liquefied natural gas trains … More
Victoria Quay Precinct Plans
Fremantle Ports has engaged CODA to provide Urban Design services in the preparation of three ‘enabling’ Precinct Plans for the Commercial Precinct of Victoria Quay, the areas surrounding the Fremantle Train Station and Pioneer Park. CODA will lead a multidisciplinary … More
MG/GT Administration Building
The MG/GT community facility and administration building in Kununurra is shared by the Miriuwung Gajerrong Corporation and the Gelganyem Trust, two traditional land owner groups in the eastern Kimberley. The two-level building is used by the staff of both organisations … More
Latest Journal
Monument 115Emma and furniture maker Alex Fossilo were invited to participate in Monument magazine’s Create a Date feature. This section brings together an architect and a person from another creative discipline to design a nominated object, in this instance a filing … More
Research
Munster Grouped Housing Project
This study explored opportunities for housing diversity in Munster, a suburb south of Fremantle, Western Australia. The typical dwelling in Munster is a detached single house on a 600sqm lot. The study and concept designs have been prepared by CODA … More