Douglas' project is investigating and designing core or safe-room options within domestic architecture as an adaptive integrated solution to both fire protection and sustainable building design practices. He was interviewed at the 2010 Bushfire CRC annual conference in Darwin.
Bushfire risk perception: a study of the perceived vulnerability of domestic architecture in bushfire prone areas
PhD student Douglas Brown (University of Sydney) explored householders’ perceptions of bushfire risk and whether perceptions change when different building materials or design and architectural features are applied. He found that people view risks as external to their properties, in terms of their surroundings, other properties and bushland.