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Danger zone

One House to Save Many

One House to Save Many is a prototype house created to withstand a variety of extreme weather events. The house was produced by Suncorp and designed in collaboration with James Cook University’s Cyclone Testing Station, Room11 Architects, and CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency. Learn more by searching onehouse.suncorp.com.au

What led you to your current role at CSIRO?

A mix of interest and circumstances. I was heading towards a career in the automotive industry but as I graduated from university with a mechanical engineering degree, I was not particularly impressed by its level of

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