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    ABOVE AND BEYOND

    Jul 14, 2018 4 minutes
    text: Georgia Thomas

    FOR EDUCATION

    Sustainable House was built by Carter Williamson at Burwood Girls High School in Sydney to inspire the school’s “Sustainable House” subject. “We were part of a jury reviewing their sustainable housing models and we thought there was a need to engage with the school [on a] deeper level,” explains principal architect, Shaun Carter.

    Originally conceptualised as a prefabricated, modular housing solution for disaster areas and refugee accommodation named GRID, Carter Williamson realised the project also had the potential to serve as an educational tool. “Something real, on-site, in a place that they physically can engage with,” says Shaun.

    Built in half a day by a team of ten, Sustainable House’s simple

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