From parks to waterways, plazas to sporting fields, our civic infrastructures act as places of refuge and respite for both human and non-human residents alike. The Refuge hackathon will explore the roles these infrastructures might play in creating more resilient cities and communities into the future.

Join us as part of Melbourne Design Week, where - over three days of interactive action and inspiration - teams will collaborate to produce working prototypes that respond to a civic resilience ‘refuge’ challenge. A coalition of exciting partners have convened a treasure trove of datasets and skills sets to support innovative applications and analysis. 

THE DATA INFORMED DESIGN CONFERENCE (DiD) was held in March 2023 and convened world leading data, design, engineering and policy practitioners for dynamic conversations that explored the process and methods, emerging tech and data science, and meaningful impacts of data informed design and place based decision making.