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Sunshine 2032 Exhibition: August 2011

The August 2011 exhibition was hosted by the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning at the University of Melbourne.

The city of Sunshine was designed according to the principles of Ebenezer Howard’s Garden City. The suburban layout combined back yards adequate for a vegetable patch, fruit trees and chickens, with regularly placed public parks for social recreation. The layout remains intact today, but expansion of the transport infrastructure over the years has fractured much of the social space in the suburb. The Garden City layout of Sunshine is suited to the intensification of sustainable programs including urban agriculture, shared water and energy harvesting systems, increased pedestrian and bike access through the neighbourhood and shared public spaces for increased social cohesion.

This exhibition of selected design projects, developed as part of VEIL’s Eco-Acupuncture studio program 2009-2011, includes selected Architecture and Landscape Architecture Design Thesis projects envisioning a sustainable future for Sunshine [stage one], as well as a selection of student work from previous studios including Broadmeadows 2032 and the Ecological Business District (EBD). The exhibition was launched by Chris Banks AM. Chair, Victorian Growth Areas Authority, on Wednesday September 7.