Housing Towers That Were built to Meet the Needs of a Past Era.

An abrupt lock-down was applied to several public housing high-rise buildings in Melbourne due to fears of a coronavirus outbreak. This raised concerns about the quality of this type of accommodation and the hardships residents face.

Minara ya makazi ya umma mjini Melbourne, ilikabiliwa kwa amri kali yaku baki ndani katika mwezi wa July 2020. Source: David Crosling/AAP PHOTOS, Jul 2020

Dr Amanda Achmadi, Senior Lecturer in Architectural Design in the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Building at Melbourne University believes we should reassess the suitability of those buildings for public housing.

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