Western Australia
This Residential Facility is a purpose designed complex providing refuge and transitional accommodation, support services and education for the residents.
The 28-unit accommodation facility comprises 10 secure refuge rooms and 18 transitional units along with associated support and administration facilities. This new development is an important step to providing a safe, secure, and restorative environment for the at-risk community.
Whitehaus has worked closely with all the stakeholders during the co-design process, assisting with brief refinement and best practice design to ensure the best outcome is achieved for the operators, end users and community at large.
The considered design and pragmatism of East Metro gives respect and dignity to women who are escaping violence, abuse and neglect. Through trauma-informed design and careful planning, a homelike setting has been created for women of diverse cultural backgrounds where they feel welcomed and safe, without emphasising the necessary integrated layers of security that is provided. Residents are empowered through subtle and empathetic design inclusions enabling occupants to feel both protected and engaged to rebuild their lives.
Andrew Baranowski Plan E, Landscape Consultant
BCA Consultants, Acoustic Consultant
BCA Consultants, ESD Consultant
Best Consultants, Electrical Consultant
Borrell Rafferty, Quantity Surveyor
GSA Engineering, Mechanical Engineer
Hendry Group, Certifier
Sandra Harben, Indigenous Engagement
Stantec, Civil Consultant
The Australian Institute of Architects acknowledges First Nations peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters, and skies of the continent now called Australia.
We express our gratitude to their Elders and Knowledge Holders whose wisdom, actions and knowledge have kept culture alive.
We recognise First Nations peoples as the first architects and builders. We appreciate their continuing work on Country from pre-invasion times to contemporary First Nations architects, and respect their rights to continue to care for Country.
