HOME Strategic Research and Innovation Centre

HOME Strategic Research and Innovation Centre

Research Services

A Deakin research hub with a single core aim: A Home for all.

About us

HOME is an interdisciplinary group of around 30 Deakin researchers. Working with local communities, we co-design solutions to complex problems of access to affordable housing, homelessness and social inclusion. Our team has expertise across design, architecture, health, homelessness, disability, accessibility and universal design, indigenous communities, human geography, place-making, anthropology, systems thinking, community engagement, the arts, policy, law, property and economics. HOME’s work is based on four key themes: 1. Home for life: designed to be adaptable and universally accessible; that meets our needs, and enables us to engage in personally meaningful activities; is safe and securely ours; and so a home for all stages of life; 2. Home we can afford: designed to minimise energy use and built to minimise environmental impact; that matches our means, and is available to all; and so a home that is sustainable, both collectively and individually; 3. Home where we know neighbours: designed for social connectivity; and so a home where we can strengthen relationships across difference; 4. Home that is connected: to occupations, services, education, nature, transport, play, food and the wider world.

Website
https://deakinhomeresearchhub.com/
Industry
Research Services
Company size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
HOME Research Hub, Deakin University
Type
Self-Employed
Founded
2003

Locations

Employees at HOME Strategic Research and Innovation Centre

Updates

  • Exciting news! Our very own Anahita Sal Moslehian, PHD, EDAC has been selected as one of the 12 speakers taking part in Soapbox Science Melbourne 2024! Join us on August 16th to support and inspire the next generation of women in STEM.

    For the Melbourne Soapbox Science 2024 event organised by STEM Sisters, our next speaker, Dr Anahita Sal Moslehian, PHD, EDAC is a respected Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Deakin University's HOME Research Centre. As an EDAC-certified researcher, she investigates how architectural design optimises health, well-being, care, and recovery. Her work enhances health-promoting environments, social housing, and family-friendly apartments in Australia. Join Dr Moslehian in Soapbox Science 2024 on August 16, 2024, at State Library Forecourt. Date: 16th August 2024 Time: 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM AEST Location: State Library Forecourt Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia Please register using the link below https://lnkd.in/gSCerJGF #stemsisters #stemwomen #stemcareers #soapboxscience #nationalscienceweek #melbourne #soapboxscience2024 #melbournesoapboxscience

  • HOME funding success in the regional Precincts and Partnerships Program (rPPP). A team from SEBE, HOME and IFM working with Formflow, Urbis and Colac Shire Council have been successful in obtaining just over $2M from the Stage 1 regional Precincts and Partnerships Program (rPPP) which will fund the master planning, consultation and business case development towards Stream 2 Precinct delivery which can fund between $5-50M.   The goal is to build a new community precinct in Colac and Apollo Bay that showcases a new way of thinking centred around building better living environments that benefit both people and the planet. To rethink how buildings can help solve some of the global climate and human health challenges incorporating the best ideas available to deliver high quality affordable housing in community settings that will serve our population now and into the future. To establish a living laboratory for piloting new concepts, continuously informed by world leading research and new developments transposed into an Australian context and evaluated in a real community setting.

  • Big congrats to Chloe Piper, one of HOME's talented PhD candidates, who has just been awarded the AHDC research scholarship. Looking forward to further conversations around trauma-informed design and how this can be applied to the context of health-promoting housing.

    We are delighted to announce the award of our 2024 Australian Health Design Research Scholarship to Chloe Piper. 🏆 The assessment panel, Morag Lee, Warren Kerr AM Kerr, and Harm Hollander, said Chloe's research aligns with AHDC’s goal of facility design-based research, with a choice of study area that is both relevant and innovative. Chloe Piper, a PhD candidate at Deakin University’s School of Architecture and Built Environment, graduated from Deakin University with a Master of Architecture in 2011. Her thesis, titled ‘Architecture of Compassion,’ focuses on designing healthcare environments for trauma. This research addresses the gap in trauma-informed building design, acknowledging the influence of physical environments on health outcomes. Chloe’s work explores how scientific findings related to wellbeing can inform the design of sensitive and responsive architectural spaces for individuals recovering from trauma. Her research contributes to the development of a holistic, healing-centred paradigm in architectural design. On behalf of the AHDC, we congratulate Chloe Piper on this achievement and are pleased to announce that she will be presenting an update on her research at the National Conference held in Sydney in November. https://lnkd.in/gjhQW856 #australianhealthdesign #research #healthcare #architecture

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