Sunshine Coast Accessible Housing is a disability housing project providing user-friendly homes to people living with disability. The buildings are designed in clusters to provide a domestic setting for residents as part of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The key focus has been balancing the individual requirements of the occupants and the flexibility to provide assistance and accommodate carers as needs change over time.
The project comprises the staged development of:
The buildings are designed to meet the Platinum level of the Liveable Housing Australia (LHA) Design Guidelines and are built to meet the changing needs of occupants across their lifetime, whether they be families with young children, people with disabilities, temporary injuries, or older residents in need of homes that better accommodate their needs. The homes vary from each other with different interior themes that also reflect the coastal nature of the region. This provides familiarity for the residents and assists with wayfinding between each house. Each individual apartment contains large living and dining areas that open out to expansive outdoor spaces each have private terraces with recessed thresholds to provide seamless transitions between spaces. Kitchens and bathrooms have adjustable height joinery, accommodating for different levels of ability. The housing project was delivered in a partnership between Wesley Mission Queensland (WMQ) and the Queensland Government’s Elder Parent Carer Innovation Initiative (EPCII).