"Then I made brownies and my kids took some over to the neighbours' house." It sounds like a flashback to a bygone era, but this neighbourly exchange took place this month, at the Davison Collaborative, a novel housing project in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. In a novel approach to urban housing, some residents have pooled their time and finances into redeveloping single dwellings.
In a novel approach to urban housing, some residents have pooled their time and finances into redeveloping single dwellings.
It's a herculean task – with feel-good results Melbourne architect Chris Gilbert had run out of eggs.
He texted a neighbour and within minutes, he says, their child arrived with some.
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In a novel approach to urban housing, some residents have pooled their time and finances into redeveloping single dwellings. It's a herculean task – with feel-good results Melbourne architect Chris Gilbert had run out of eggs. He texted a neighbour and within minutes, he says, their child arrived with some.
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