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"Wrapped around the entrance of a building in Melbourne's CBD is a glossy
artwork depicting a dark sky with luminous stars.
Perhaps it says here is a place where it will be possible to dream again — or
at least get a good night's sleep.
Beyond the starry foyer is a six-story council-owned building. Called Make
Room, it has been transformed into 50 homes for people who were experiencing
homelessness. Before it was renovated, the building was being used for storage
by the City of Melbourne. A graveyard of parade floats and memorabilia from
past Moomba Festivals sat gathering dust in otherwise empty rooms.
In the middle of a housing crisis, when a sizeable amount of commercial real
estate is sitting vacant, the Make Room project is billed as a blueprint for
giving under-utilised buildings new life as residential spaces and lowering
carbon emissions in the process."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
