Developing Spatial Design Know How with and for Young People Livingin Out-of-Home Residential Care

Abstract

Through an evolving co-production design charrette, this project sought to develop spatial design know-how in partnership with young people who have lived experience of residential care. Bringing spatial design and lived experience together in dialogue, the project focused on the environment of residential care in relation to questions of belonging and ‘home’. The aim of this project is to develop a shared understanding of spatial design know-how that can be used by young people currently living in residential care. The project involved collaboration with lived experience consultants from CREATE Foundation and Y-Change Berry Street together with Gregory Nicolau (consultant psychologist and founder, Australian Childhood Trauma Group)