the exemplification of pluralism and inclusivity in the works of edmond & corrigan

Post-modernist architects, Edmond and Corrigan, became a typification of the translated colourful and eclectic style for the Australian and in particular, the Melbournians audiences. This translation involved adopting a rational that used the fundamentals of the post-modernist movement to highlight sympathetic, inclusive and pluralist ideals of Australian society into its landscape. This rational is epitomised in Edmond and Corrigan's 1988 Athan House in Moonbulk where "consideration for the public interest, less self-interest, understanding and openness,1" became central to the delineation.

Emphasising the vitality of the "large extended family,2" of the Athan's, the structure becomes an exemplification in the post modern pluralism and inclusivity. Designed for a large family of eight, the 'v' shaped layout sympathetically allows for each member to be allocated their own personal space, while the unifying central courtyard allows for the myriad of outdoor stairs and walkways to centralise, allowing for an allocated area of pluralism. These protruding lanes do "not [...] display its utilitarian function, [it] is not the expression of structure or construction,3" rather, they become a planned vehicle for the encompassing inclusivity of the natural world that the Athens house intersects. This fusion between the structure and its surroundings are further given credence through the use of "juxtaposed textured and colours,4" flittered across the exterior whereby the use of pine green on selected walls facing the bush allows for the building to become a threshold to the natural world, enabling selected areas to become "a critique of the reductive nature of modernism,5" by emphasising a "continuous play of form and planning, creating [camouflaged,] opportunistic pockets of space,6" centred at the junction of the building and the natural world. The diachronic protruding frontage combined with panels of outspoken blue and yellow finishes become a "transformation of morality andhought,7" that exemplify the "'poor' architecture,8" of Corrigan's "populist [...] ideological trappings.9"

These "nuances of [Edmond and Corrigan's] architecture [...] [that] create a coherent and proud society,10" are soo too evident when comparing the Athan House to that of the interior renovation of the Caulfield North Lehrer House where the individualised spaces all have a direct escort to a centralised communal and pluralist hub of open spaces, both physically through corridors and level changes and through visual cues such as the horizontal black ceiling condition which guides the resident out. The common use of "abundant manipulation of colour, sound, light, climate,11" and the use of "a play of stairs, platforms and corridors,12" becomes a constant typology between the two houses, and a mode in which Edmond and Corrigan sympathetically react to the Australian pluralist and inclusive societal standards.

While post-modernist architecture is typified through the use of bright colours and a verity of foam interventions and materials through the lease of a classic motif, it is the attention to the consideration of the "poor architecture,13" that enables an inclusive and pluralist built environment. A built environment that "compassionately [...] can be discerned in both the arguments and