Suncorp
Australia, the land of extreme weather. Despite this, 97% of national disaster funding is spent on recovery while just 3% goes towards prevention. Suncorp, one of Australia’s largest insurers, was determined to change this – and to do it with a ground-breaking solution that would help build a more resilient Australia.
This is One House to Save Many. The first home built to withstand fire, flood and cyclone.
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In 2020 alone, 134,000 Australian homes were damaged by extreme weather.
And as our climate changes, current building codes will continue to fail.
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For the first time ever, Suncorp brought together Australia’s leading minds in home resilience.
As a unified team, CSIRO, James Cook University and Room 11 architects designed, tested and prototyped a home capable of withstanding fire, flood and cyclone. Each discipline equally excited by the opportunity to share expertise and build on existing research to achieve the mutual goal.
A documentary was produced and broadcast nationally on Channel Nine for launch.
Documentary - 23 minutes
The design was released as an open source blueprint through an interactive hub.
The platform, designed to teach Australian’s how to build resilience into their own home, has information filtered by house type and natural disaster risk most relevant to the user’s location.
One House reached millions of Australians and gained nationwide PR. But more importantly, it led to important conversations with stakeholders in both the building industry and government about current building codes and the future of Australia's resilience.
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What People Are Saying
“Why hasn’t this been done before?”
— Sunrise, Channel Seven
“It will ignite a change of mindset… that additive across a community, an entire state, is where you get change. ”
— John Dolan, Director of JCU Cyclone Testing Station
“The legacy can be applied to homes all over Queensland”
— Thomas Bailey, Director and Architect Room 11 Architects
“Industry experts say it’s a step in the right direction”
— A Current Affair, Channel Nine