Soaring property prices have put inner-city living out of the reach of many.
But not for architect Ben and artist wife Tania, who decide to think laterally and get creative buying a tiny 64 square metre discarded scrap of land in one of North Melbourne’s grittier back lanes.
Their plans – to build a three storey, three-bedroom, two bathroom home with a large garden – all for the not-so-grand price of $600, 000. But their slim budget is in total contrast to their expansive ideas.
Ben is working on a revolutionary concreting method using a giant robot that can transform boring concrete walls into soaring works of art. With the family crammed into rental accommodation while Ben finesses his master work, the pressure mounts while the months drag on.
Will his plans to transform concrete buildings into habitable architecture works of art ever become a reality, then what is it going to look like
