I was listening to our local ABC radio program the other day and caught the tail end of a program called Design Matters. Interviewed on this program was an architect named Harry Sprintz. Harry was detailing how he thought that housing design today could be vastly improved to accommodate people with disabilities. If we were to embrace the therories of Universal Desgn, people could live in thier houses longer. This would take pressure off future governments in terms of providing and funding nursing homes.

I did some internet searching and found a telephone number for Harrry and placed a call. We spent almost an hour on the phone as he detailed his experience and that designing homes that were applicable to all was his passion.

I knew that I had found partner to work with on the Merimbula project. Here is a picture of Harry and a paper that he had written dealing with social responsibility in architecture.

Social Responsibility in Architecture