Suburban Home - Village by Creek Part 1 Project 2025 Yiwen Huang University of Melbourne | Australia In the face of a growing housing crisis, how can we build dense communities without disrupting the continuous suburban skyline of trees and rooftops? How can we construct sensibly and sustainably for the future?Village by Creek reimagines an affordable multi-residential community in Melbourne's middle-ring suburb of Hawthorn, adopting a mass timber construction system. Embracing the surrounding landscape, it weaves nature into a vibrant network of homes built from modular timber elements. The project centres on three key principles: modularity through a basic CLT 'Anchor' element, sustainable material use, and a socially connected community shaped by master planning and landscape design.'Anchor' is a 1.5m x 1.5m x 200mm CLT wall module, forming the foundation for all typologies. By varying the spacing between anchors, the design accommodates different households, resulting in three housing types: the Studio, the Family, and the Elderly unit. Within structure, spaces emerge either contained or extended, offering kitchens, balconies, gardens, or flexible living areas. This modular logic enables adaptable planning and rapid, cost-efficient construction.After all, homes are places of life and belonging, tied to identity, culture, and memory - building in higher density without losing the essence of suburbia. Together, the village grows by the creek. Tutor(s)