Stage 2 used contractors with resident involvement, after evaluating the Stage 1 experience. Stage 1 was completed entirely on a self-build basis. The Family Units developed to date include a six-bed unit built in 2004 (Stage 1) and two further six-bed units and a community building completed in 2011 (Stage 2). Odyssey House is one of very few residential rehabilitation programmes in Australia that enable parents to seek therapy for their addictions along with their children, and the only one that caters for single fathers. The main walls consist of mud bricks, made on-site by the residents. The Odyssey House Family Units have been designed, constructed and managed in accordance with the ideals of a therapeutic community, and to a high environmental standard. The OH centre in Melbourne was established in 1979 and is currently based in the Lower Plenty suburb of Melbourne. Emerging from social psychiatry, it viewed problematic alcohol and other drug use as a symptom of other underlying issues, maintaining that recovery can be achieved within a supportive residential community environment.
The first Odyssey House (OH) opened in New York in 1966 as a residential rehabilitation programme for people with drug and alcohol addiction. The Odyssey House Family Units are located in the grounds of the 85-bed therapeutic community in Melbourne, Victoria. The low environmental footprint of the project addresses the wider issues of environmental sustainability and helps raise awareness of design options. Typical forms of treatment involve separation of the parents from their families while they are treated, an approach that is exacerbated by the lack of family accommodation available for families needing this support.Īustralia has the eleventh highest level of per capita carbon emissions in the world, increasing from 17.2 to 18.9 metric tons between 19. Children living in alcohol/drug-affected families are often subjected to social and emotional upheaval and are at high risk of developing their own addiction disorders, as well as other mental and social issues. Almost 20,000 children across Australia are victims of substantiated alcohol-related child abuse. The total cost of alcohol misuse in Australia is now estimated at $36 billion annually and almost 70,000 Australians are reported victims of alcohol-related assaults every year, including 24,000 victims of domestic violence. The project aims to provide long-term, intensive, residential treatment for individuals and families including parents with addictions and their young children aged 0-12 years, in accommodation that is designed to a high environmental standard. Residents are involved in the construction and maintenance of the units as well as playing a key part in the day-to-day decision making and overall functioning of the community. Carried out through a partnership between Allen Kong Architect and the Odyssey House community and residential services provider, the units have been designed, constructed and managed in accordance with the ideals of a therapeutic community, and to a high environmental standard. Odyssey House Family Units offer a residential rehabilitation programme based in Melbourne, Australia that enables parents, including single fathers, to seek therapy for drug and alcohol addiction, whilst remaining with their children.
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