Living Quarters hatch 3 metres still fixed to

3 metres still fixed to its frame

Dust-covered timber stairs climb toward an open attic doorway

Every surface here was engineered to contain a worst-case event: double walls

its paint peeled back to bare metal and faint light catching the uneven surface

Light cuts through an opening in the attic of Mittagong Maltings

Living Quarters hatch 3 metres still fixed toA fusuma panel lies collapsed across the tatami matting of a residential room in the Ogurawa settlement, Nichitsu Mining Village. Shoji screens remain upright against the far wall, alongside built in shelving. Company housing at the settlement was stratified by rank, with workers' blocks and managers' residences each built to different standards. Part of the Nichitsu Mining Village series.