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Houses Built On Sand: Rethinking Cultures Of Homemaking, Nature And Finance In A Coastal Master-Planned Estate, Charles Gillon
Houses Built On Sand: Rethinking Cultures Of Homemaking, Nature And Finance In A Coastal Master-Planned Estate, Charles Gillon
University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 2017+
Notwithstanding concerns about land availability and housing affordability, the Australian dream of a detached, family oriented home in low-density suburbs persists as a cultural desire. Overlaying this dream is the shared desire by Australians to live by the coast. These cultural norms magnify ideals of home and what they portend to include: how meanings for home are made in reference to tenure, cultures of nature, and relationships with finance, and with what consequences. The knotted yet discordant threads woven between certain types of housing, owner-occupation, understandings of nature and growing influences of finance, warrant critical scrutiny. This thesis responds to …