Design for Climate | Design for Change – a new practical guide and toolkit to help Australians create climate-resilient, safe and durable homes – including risk reduction strategies for bushfires, floods, heatwaves and storms.
- Comprehensive: covering all major extreme-weather events in a single document, packed with strategies that promote resilience at home
- Accessible: prioritising plain language over technical jargon, with easy to understand actionable principles
- Illustrated: filled with beautiful graphics and photographic case-studies showcasing built homes to inspire action
Design for Climate, Design for Change is a comprehensive resource that combines historical research with contemporary case studies and expert insights on climate-resilient architecture. Replete with diagrams, architectural drawings and photography, the toolkit guides architects through the process of enhancing comfort, privacy and liveability across diverse environments, especially for residential projects.
Highlighting how nature itself adapts to environmental challenges, the toolkit encourages architects to design in harmony with natural systems. By observing how ecosystems respond to changing conditions, Marra + Yeh Architects can create buildings that not only withstand but coexist with their surroundings.
As an award-winning design practice known for sustainable, climate-resilient architecture, Marra + Yeh Architects’ work is rooted in respect for Country and aims to create social and environmental impacts that honour nature and humanity, embodying their deep commitment to ethical and responsible design.
This guide, produced by Marra + Yeh Architects provides strategies for mitigation and adaption, acknowledging climate change as re-shaping the natural built environments. Including precedents that investigate methodologies to mitigate climate without energy-intensive technologies, providing historical context and wisdom for contemporary applications. Their analysis of existing technical manuals and standards provide contemporary regulatory context, informing principles and strategies. The Case studies demonstrate how the interpretation of precedents updated by current knowledge and technology can create contemporary architecture.
The toolkit was supported by a design research grant from the Alastair Swayn Foundation and widely publicised including write ups in Green Magazine and Australian Design Review
