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Through knowledge that we have gained from the SDGs and the Connecting to Country Framework, our design principles for the long term housing at 82 Wentworth Park Road recognize that the relation with country, nature and all of its living organisms are interconnected and reciprocal. Our aim is to protect women and children who are victims of domestic violence, who have been displaced from their normal lives. We aim to create a housing that helps these victims to return to a normalcy and allows them to deal and heal from their trauma. Protecting women and children is also protecting the fabric of community and as a result protecting the country. We see our housing as a living system, much like the Dahl’wah trees; providing layered safety and visibility without exposure
while still maintaining a homely non-institutional feel. By breaking cycles of physical, social and psychological isolation, we want to create and environment of kinship, trust building, healing and reciprocity; being able to mix in with society. We believe this is important as how we affect the lives of the victims of domestic violence here affects the lives of people they interact and meet with in life later. This aligns with our aims and vision for the societies and community within Blackwattle Bay and surrounding areas. Through shared
spaces, amenities and activities the residents can return to normalcy and the children can still have a enriched and normal childhood, around people, learning to live together. WE want to create a place of not just survival but of care and healing, laying foundations for intergenerational healing sharing stories of care, dignity and resilience.