Outside the box: Alternative housing models for remote Aboriginal communities

Abstract

Over the past six years, a design and construction project has been unfolding in the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands of northern South Australia. Through working with a remote Aboriginal community at Mimili, the APY Council, and the South Australian Department for Families and Communities, a tawara watiku, camp for single men, is being constructed by design students and architectural staff from the University of South Australia. Based upon extensive consultation and development over time, the design and siting of the tawara watiku is a response to the cultural requirements of the local people, Anangu. This paper reports upon initial consultation and research that led to the..