The Guesthouse Project #1: refugees, migration and new narratives of inclusion through design

2016 | Melbourne | Australia

Winner of Core77 international design award, New York, 2017.

A temporary urban intervention, consisting of four large-scale structures, a program of community events, and an exhibition of educational toys made for children in refugee playgroups. A practice-led investigation to reimagine hospitality and the traditional guesthouse in the context of refugees and other migrants. With Berlin-based architects Raumlabor and RMIT University.

Photos of structures, by Anna Fairbank.