The Reincarnated McMansion Project Executive Summary:

The Reincarnated McMansion Project Executive Summary summarises the Project’s aims, project precepts and accomplishments, and outlines a partnership proposal for a potential project investor.

The Reincarnated McMansion Project Executive Summary

McMansion owners interested in engaging our project:

• Do you own a home that has a floor space exceeding 360sqm? (If you are not sure how big your home is, measure the outside dimensions of your home and multiply the width by the length of your building. For example, if the outside dimensions are 13 x 15 m (195sqm) and you have a second floor, your home is approximately 390sqm.

• Does your council allow dual occupancy in your residential zone? (If you are not sure, call your council – most lot sizes greater than 700sqm allow dual occupancy)

• Are you willing to contribute financially to the project an amount equal to the value added to the site through the Reincarnated McMansion intervention? Receive very significant service and product subsidies through project sponsorship agreements (in the order of 200K - this figure is our initial estimate)

• Are you prepared to find alternative accommodation (or go on a holiday!) for the duration of the auditing, dismantling and rebuilding process approximately 6 months.

• Tell us about your home, your family and why you wish to be involved in the project.

• If you can, please attach digital images of your home.

Confused, want more information?

Send us an email: reincarnatedmcmansion@gmail.com

Volunteers or businesses wishing to engage in the Reincarnated McMansion project:

Please describe your skills, business or product and why you wish to engage the Reincarnated McMansion Project.

Send us an email: reincarnatedmcmansion@gmail.com

Radio interviews, Symposium presentations and talks about the Reincarnated McMansion project:

ABC Radio National By Design interview with Alan Saunders, 29th November 2008. Interview.

HotHouse Symposium 27 - 28 July 2010, Utzon Room.Sydney Opera House http://hothouselaunch.unsw.edu.au/ Presentation.

Powerhouse Museum of Sydney. 24 October 2010. Powerhouse Museum. Talk to coincide with Sydney Architect Festival.

Museum of Sydney, Sunday 28th November 2011 2-2:30pm. Talk as part of Boomburbs exhibition.

Print Media reviews and articles about the project:

The Age: The Three L of Reincarnation. Michael GreenMarch 20, 2011

Place Blog: Reincarnated McMansion. Linda Carroli

Artlink: Art as a Catalyst of Change, Sydney's Hothouse International Symposium. Felicity Fenner.Vol 30 No 4 2010

The Age: Flexibility the Key to a Lasting Future. Kath Dolan. Sept 4 2010

Sydney Morning Herald: Would You Like Grass With Your Junior Mac? Josephine Tovey. July 28, 2010

Sydney Morning Herald: Letters to the editor (in response to July 28 article)

Time Magazine: USA. Reinventing the McMansion Barbara Kiviat Monday, Sep. 28, 2009

Perspective Magazine HK: Patricia Nelson, Feature Review. Feb 2010 Issue #101.

Artichoke Magazine: Ray Egar. Review Reincarnated McMansion.

Central Coast Express Advocate:. Big Changes. 26, 11 2008.

Parramata Advertiser: Reincarnation Project to Bring Down the House. Scott Howlett. 10, 12 2008

Campbelltown Macarthur Advertiser: Greening McMansionville. Michelle Taverniti. 3, 12 , 2008

Camden Advertise:. Wanted: McMansions to Go. Michelle Taverniti. 3, 12 , 2008

This project was assisted by a grant from the New South Wales Government – Ministry for the Arts, through a program administered by the National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA).