VITAL presenter
Left: FAST SLOW house Narara Ecovillage, render by Sarah Duncan. Right: Dr Sarah Breen Lovett
Dr Sarah Breen Lovett will present the FAST SLOW project, for personal and planetary wellbeing. The University of Newcastle, and Industry Partner Mudtec are working on this innovative housing solution, bringing together a FAST prefabricated structural system to facilitate SLOW DIY earth building. This project utilises the efficiency of prefabrication, with low carbon reused site materials to create high performing eco-homes that are more affordable and more mindfully created. The first FAST SLOW house is now in planning for the Narara Ecovillage on the NSW Central Coast.
DR SARAH BREEN LOVETT
University of Newcastle
Dr Sarah Breen Lovett is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle’s School of Architecture and Built Environment, engaging in practice-led, industry-collaborating and socially-engaged research projects. She focuses on connections between community, personal wellbeing, built and landscaped environments through prefabricated architecture, and eco-social practices. Sarah is a committee member of the Earth Building Association of Australia and incorporates earth building and its health benefits into her teaching in architecture, industry-led research and advocacy. She has also created and curated numerous regional art exhibitions and performances focused on environmental and socially engaged practices.
EVENT INFO
VITAL: Questions of Resilience
DATES June 19-21 2025
LOCATION Dungog Worimi/Gringai Country in the NSW Hunter Region
CPD 6 formal points available across the event
FAST SLOW house Narara Ecovillage West view, render by Sarah Duncan
FAST SLOW house Narara Ecovillage North West view, render by Sarah Duncan
