The Blue Mountains faces a severe housing crisis: almost half of renters experience financial stress, while most available properties are used for short-term stays.

Visualisation of Courtyard.

Reimagine the historic Old Clairvaux site in the Blue Mountains as a permanent Community and Cultural Hub centred on First Nations culture, creative practice, and healing.

A shared entry courtyard anchors the site, shaped by restored native planting and framed by both levels of the graft. It's a flexible place for gathering, teaching, ceremony and rest.

The central promenade forms the cultural spine, lined with pre-existing brick, timber structures and filtered canopy light, expressing continuity between Country, existing fabric and new Indigenous-informed practices

Development sketch of Courtyard

Transform the Old Clairvaux site in the Blue Mountains into a walkable, sustainable precinct centred on Country, culture, and community connection.

Rendered view of the project showing the main part of the site

'Where Sky Meets Earth', redevelopment of Old Clairvaux.