Apmere Mwerre, Good Place, Visitor Park Accommodation | Susan Dugdale and Associates

The Apmere-Mwerre Visitors-Park Project in Mparntwe is a multi-residential development for Aboriginal Hostels. It accommodates an additional 20 residents while significantly enhancing the cultural safety, site legibility, wayfinding and entry of the existing facility.

Many remote First-Nations visitors travel to Mparntwe to access healthcare, economic opportunities, community services, and domestic violence support. As visitors arrive in diverse family groups the new accommodation is designed to be flexible, with adaptable layouts capable of housing family groups from two to eight people.

The accommodation is connected by a walkway that provides shade and privacy screening for the new rooms. The entries of the rooms are set back from the pathway to create small, shared seating areas. The walkways double as verandahs to expand the seating areas and allow a visual connection to the shared courtyard while proving a layer of privacy and sense of ownership of the outdoor spaces for the users.