Victoria King

How can we build back better. An exploration of new housing potential in Lismore following the unprecedented flood events of February 2022

Victoria’s study focuses on how to build back better – an exploration of new housing potential in Lismore, New South Wales, following the unprecedented flood events of Februrary 2022. Key elements addressed are improved and more appropriate approaches to creating built environments, while considering how to retain and protect important natural and agricultural landscapes as key agents in mitigating the effects of climate change.

In 2023 Victoria was awarded a prestigious Byera Hadley Travelling Scholarship. This enabled her to pursue one of the outcomes of her PPAS research, namely the evolution of shophouses globally, focussing on their role in heritage and housing and their potential benefits in urban and regional communities.