Migrant houses in Northcote, Melbourne, Australia, 1950‐1975

The data collection contains documentation of migrant houses in Northcote, Melbourne. It includes photographic documentation of the houses, interviews with the inhabitants, and drawings/sketches of the houses.The focus of the research is on houses that were built between 1950 and 1975. These houses are themselves a product of the construction skills and processes of post-war immigrants and the waves of 1960s immigrants into Australia from Southern European countries. Typically, these houses are brick veneer and have a strict sense of order and endurance about their design and image of the facade. A series of outdoor and semi-outdoor spaces produce a complexity of inside-outside relations and make possible different lifestyles. Stories of the migrant house suggest it is an example of what might be called an ‘eco-object’, an object through which ecological practices are interwoven with social and cultural orientations. The houses are also aesthetic artefacts that present a public image through their facades. The project has documented the ‘material history’ of the houses. It illustrates the significance of particular elements/processes including: the terrace, new nature (in the front garden and back vegetable garden), summer kitchen, ongoing construction and storage space.

本数据集收录了澳大利亚墨尔本诺斯克特（Northcote）地区移民住宅的相关文献资料，内容涵盖该类住宅的影像记录、居民访谈素材以及住宅测绘图纸与手绘草图。
本研究的聚焦对象为1950年至1975年间建造的移民住宅。此类住宅本身既是战后移民建造技艺与施工流程的产物，也承载了20世纪60年代南欧国家移民赴澳的移民浪潮印记。该类住宅多采用砖饰面（brick veneer）工艺，其设计与立面形象兼具严谨秩序感与持久耐用的特质。一系列户外与半户外空间构建了复杂的室内外空间关系，为多元生活方式的实现提供了可能。
有关移民住宅的相关记述表明，此类住宅可被视为一种「生态载体（eco-object）」——其生态营造实践与社会文化取向相互交织融合。同时，这些住宅亦是审美人工制品，通过立面形象传递公共视觉印象。
本项目已完整记录了这些住宅的「物质史（material history）」，并阐释了若干关键元素与建造流程的重要意义，包括：露台、前后花园（前花园与后院菜园）中的新自然景观、夏季厨房、持续营建过程以及储物空间。