Autocorrected

Autocorrected looks at the relationship that irreversible government infrastructure projects and the economy have on the built environment. The 1969 Melbourne Transport Plan and increase in car ownership in the 60s created the urban sprawl that we see today in Melbourne. What if cars were converted to electric? Has car ownership peaked in the suburbs? Will the suburban rail loop be well adopted as a primary form of transport by locals in the future? All these variables are undefined.

The influential and transformative capabilities of architecture in the future comes down to the conscious carbon form that we produce as architects. Pre-empting the next energy transition that society will go through which will influence our social structure and correspond to the built environment.

The project aims to find architecture typologies that result in petroleum carbon energy that will need to change in the future to accommodate the revolution in carbon energy and variation in car ownership. As suburban areas like Clayton become denser, and with the implementation of the suburban rail loop, it seeks to challenge the current standards of the public realm to benefit society.