Photo Credit:  Fabrication in the MSD Robotics Lab, Michael Minghi Park, 2024 (Supplied by the University of Melbourne)

During Melbourne Design Week, we present an in-situ prototype of a more-than-human habitat for native bees and insects. This prototype uses tree cut-offs and is fabricated with the help of robots, articulating new forms of architecture and urban design which are beyond our existing human-centred approaches.

The project imagines how we can support biodiversity repair and regeneration at Fishermans Bend. Based on a holistic approach to urban design and development, suggesting networks and corridors of biodiversity habitats, traced across the post-industrial urban terrain.

Designed and prototyped by students from the Digital Fabrication Elective.

Fabricated by Michael Park and the Robotics Lab at the Melbourne School of Design MSD, University of Melbourne.

Funded by FB IDEAs and Creative Futures Fund (MSD) and supported by Vaughan Constructions.