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Valued (A)lot

Sydney’s housing market is pushing its younger residents to the fringes, or out of the city entirely. A model catering to their needs would, beyond providing affordable homes, become a nexus of street parties, creativity, exhibitions and markets. It would contribute to a diverse city and enrich daily urban life. Valued (A)Lot illustrates a method to create these mixed-use spaces by adapting Sydney’s ‘ugly ducklings’ – the unremarkable commercial buildings punctuating the inner-suburban carpet. These lots are not often attractive to private sector players, but hold value for acupunctural redevelopment, performing the right amount of intervention in the right place.

Chris Stelzer

Valued (A)lot

Sydney’s housing market is pushing its younger residents to the fringes, or out of the city entirely. A model catering to their needs would, beyond providing affordable homes, become a nexus of street parties, creativity, exhibitions and markets. It would contribute to a diverse city and enrich daily urban life. Valued (A)Lot illustrates a method to create these mixed-use spaces by adapting Sydney’s ‘ugly ducklings’ – the unremarkable commercial buildings punctuating the inner-suburban carpet. These lots are not often attractive to private sector players, but hold value for acupunctural redevelopment, performing the right amount of intervention in the right place.

Chris Stelzer

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