In May HH hosted two visitors from the United Kingdom, here for the World Habitat Awards, on a lightning tour of Sydney and Wilcannia. HH would like to thank the visitors, for their stamina in the face of jet lag, cold weather and a hectic travel...
Groote Eylandt looked to be getting ready for Xmas in July with prefabricated shower, laundry and toilet areas and some kitchen areas delivered and still wrapped up like Xmas presents (for salt spray protection during barging to the site from...
Healthabitat was asked to present work for this important day in Canberra, 5th of May, and explore possible applications of the Australian and Nepal the work by architects in Bangladesh. The venue for our Seminar “Sharing our Achievements” and the...
So imagine you live in a small Aboriginal community and the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing program (also known at SIHIP in the NT) comes to town to improve your houses.
They knock on the door … what do you do? Well...
Our news story on the ‘National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing (NPAoRI) and the Northern Territory (NT) part of the program is becoming a collision of rising costs, the poorly founded promise of house build targets, falling...
The ABC TV program 7.30 has been asking questions about housing upgrade works completed in a small community south east of Alice Springs in the mix …big money, no baseline data available to the community, no costs recorded for each house, no...
After completing 58 toilets and waste systems at the end of 2010, the Nepali team have been very busy completing feasibility reports on a number of villages so that 2 could be selected to continue the works. In a recent April visit HH met with the...
How many people actually understand how septic tanks work?
A short animation has been produced to explain to community members and workers in Nepal how a septic tank works. Notice the attentive faces of those watching in a darkened Nepalese...
Healthabitat has just been notified that we have won the Australian Institute of Architects 2011 Leadership in Sustainability Prize.
Below is an excerpt from the letter confirming the prize and team. To view a one page summary of the...