In each issue of our journal, we ask a handful of people for a selfie and to reflect on our theme. This is TF.A Architect, Akira Monaghan's thoughts on the word 'leverage':
“My kids have a bath every day. The bath is in good working condition. The water is safe for drinking. The tap does not leak, and the wastewater is quickly drained away through working plumbing into a functioning sewerage system. Plumbing issues can be seen to and fixed on the same day.
Leverage brings to my mind the possibility of a process where a small input can have an output which is comparatively greater.
In the context of bathing children, the input is a working tap, bath and drain. The output is the prevention of serious chronic illnesses, the likes of which are typically seen in conditions of poverty in underdeveloped countries.
Unacceptably, we do find these preventable illnesses here, in remote communities where Aboriginal children develop conditions like rheumatic heart disease.
The No Survey without Fix methodology is just one example of leveraging whereby housing inspections with same day repairs generate improved health outcomes.’
Articles / Blog
02 Mar, 2021
Gathering Hunters
By Emma Brain
18 Feb, 2021
Gemma Hohnen on Leverage
By Emma Brain
15 Feb, 2021
Alan Pigram reflects on his summer internship
By Emma Brain
11 Feb, 2021
Kieran Wong in conversation with Alan Ricks
By Emma Brain
08 Feb, 2021
Dr Garnett Hall on Leverage
By Emma Brain
03 Feb, 2021
Co-Design.Counter-Mapping
By Emma Brain
01 Feb, 2021
Who made leverage?
By Emma Brain
26 Jan, 2021
Nick Juniper appointed to SIMNA Committee
By Emma Brain
21 Jan, 2021
Change the Date
By Emma Brain
18 Jan, 2021
Akira Monaghan on Leverage
By Emma Brain
14 Jan, 2021
TF.A Recommended Reading
By Emma Brain
11 Jan, 2021
Housing is a social vaccine
By Emma Brain
