After graduating from the University of Tasmania, Sebastian has spent the last four years freelancing with small design practices in Victoria. Sebastian is excited to have recently joined the Homeful team to collaboratively design home spaces for everyday people with sustainability at the core.

“I believe the ethos of Homeful is part of the solution in making housing more cohesive with the environment, both from a carbon footprint perspective, and how houses interact with the land they are perched upon.” In a time where reducing our carbon footprint is more essential than ever, Sebastian brings experience working with residential builders and clients to create sustainable, humble home designs. 

Homeful’s designs allow the user to enjoy good design, at an affordable price, while still using low impact materials that will last. The designs are neat, minimising the ground footprint, while still having enough space to accommodate the different needs of different people. Homeful encourages the use of outside space- year round- allowing us to realise with smaller internal space, we can make use of the huge open the space of the outside world around us.

Michi is a registered architect with over a decade of experience, driven by a commitment to sustainable, equitable, and community-centred design. Now based in Hobart, she brings a thoughtful, place-responsive approach to housing that prioritises affordability, energy efficiency, and social impact.

Her passion for architecture was shaped by an early connection to Japan (where she was born and later returned as an exchange student), offering formative exposure to both traditional and contemporary design, with a deep appreciation for nature and materiality.

Before joining Homeful, Michi worked at Canberra-based Light House ArchiScience, designing high-performance, energy-efficient homes that balanced affordability with user experience.

A strong advocate for better housing standards, Michi has contributed to public discourse through media and research. Her belief in architecture’s capacity to make a meaningful difference began during a 2013 trip to Nepal, where she worked on a village sanitation project with Paul Pholeros, an experience that underscored the value of collaboration and user-focused design.

Michi’s research, supported by the 2023 Paul Pholeros Architecture Scholarship and the 2017 Parker Fellowship, explores alternative housing models - particularly cohousing and climate-responsive design - as viable responses to Australia’s housing and climate challenges.

In her spare time, Michi enjoys op-shopping, sewing, (slow) trail running, hiking, and being surrounded by nature.

Beth hopes Homeful can help ease the current housing-affordability crisis, by facilitating more creative use of space.

“I foresee land-sharing becoming much more commonplace. I hope that with Homeful we can help people see the potential of their backyard, or their block of land, in a creative and interesting way. I hope we can stop looking at these spaces capitalistically / with greed (ie: how much money can I make from this?!), and more holistically (ie: how can I help others, with this piece of land I have the good fortune to own?).”

“We think of home ownership in such a siloed way, but there are much more interesting ways we can be developing land, making it more affordable for all of us to own a home.”