Why do developments get opposed or rejected? Often, a project draws opposition because it doesn’t feel like it belongs where it’s been put. Perhaps the design itself sits awkwardly against its surroundings, or perhaps the people living around it feel its history has been ignored. Both are versions of the same failure: a project that hasn’t engaged honestly with what a site already is. Recently at a Gray Puksand panel during Melbourne Design Week, I was asked why a deeper unde