Our goal was to build a lifetime neighbourhood with a strong sense of community and spaces that encourage interaction while retaining each resident’s independence.
The site has been organised to maximise its open Southerly aspect, creating a series of communal courtyards and amenity spaces.
Each space has its own community hub building where residents can meet, work or relax. These multipurpose buildings will encourage residents to move between courtyards, meeting their neighbours and fostering a naturally safe, secure, social environment.
The courtyards, and community buildings, each have their own identity; although these can evolve over time to suit the needs of the community as it ages. As residents are likely to have downsized, these hubs ensure that ‘other’ space is still available.
Pedestrian movement is prioritised, with a one way, shared surface route for pedestrians and vehicles. Refuse provision is consolidated at each flatted development, with space for individual bins within the deck spaces of the houses.
42 units of accommodation, a mix of terraced housing and flats, provide a level of density without compromising privacy. This is achieved through careful orientation of living space in relation to amenity space and neighbouring blocks, giving all properties an open outlook, without being overlooked.
Primary living spaces face south, to maximise natural daylight, and open on to private decks, where planting will provide natural shading.
The houses are designed to Passive Hause principles and to achieve or exceed Lifetime Homes Standards. They also take cognisance of recommendations in the HAPPI reports; providing storage that can be accessed externally and flexible living space that can be adjusted as resident’s needs change over time.
We are proposing an innovative method of construction, using Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) panels to form the structural shell of the building. This allows all internal partitions to be easily altered and will vastly shorten construction time. A modular approach has been adopted to bring further cost benefits. A standard repeating footprint has been designed to minimise factory waste from CLT panel construction, with all units sharing the same constituent elements and core dimensions.
Locally sourced timber cladding, increased levels of insulation and site wide initiatives including a ground source heat pump, grey and black water recycling and remediation via reed beds, solar heating and photovoltaic panels will reduce energy bills for residents and help the development to achieve the Zero Carbon Homes standards ahead of their introduction as mandatory in 2016.
Sustainability has been considered in the environmental, social and economic senses of the word, resulting in a community where every element is working to deliver a sense of place that will develop organically to suit its inhabitants over time.
The site has been organised to maximise its open Southerly aspect, creating a series of communal courtyards and amenity spaces.
Each space has its own community hub building where residents can meet, work or relax. These multipurpose buildings will encourage residents to move between courtyards, meeting their neighbours and fostering a naturally safe, secure, social environment.
The courtyards, and community buildings, each have their own identity; although these can evolve over time to suit the needs of the community as it ages. As residents are likely to have downsized, these hubs ensure that ‘other’ space is still available.
Pedestrian movement is prioritised, with a one way, shared surface route for pedestrians and vehicles. Refuse provision is consolidated at each flatted development, with space for individual bins within the deck spaces of the houses.
42 units of accommodation, a mix of terraced housing and flats, provide a level of density without compromising privacy. This is achieved through careful orientation of living space in relation to amenity space and neighbouring blocks, giving all properties an open outlook, without being overlooked.
Primary living spaces face south, to maximise natural daylight, and open on to private decks, where planting will provide natural shading.
The houses are designed to Passive Hause principles and to achieve or exceed Lifetime Homes Standards. They also take cognisance of recommendations in the HAPPI reports; providing storage that can be accessed externally and flexible living space that can be adjusted as resident’s needs change over time.
We are proposing an innovative method of construction, using Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) panels to form the structural shell of the building. This allows all internal partitions to be easily altered and will vastly shorten construction time. A modular approach has been adopted to bring further cost benefits. A standard repeating footprint has been designed to minimise factory waste from CLT panel construction, with all units sharing the same constituent elements and core dimensions.
Locally sourced timber cladding, increased levels of insulation and site wide initiatives including a ground source heat pump, grey and black water recycling and remediation via reed beds, solar heating and photovoltaic panels will reduce energy bills for residents and help the development to achieve the Zero Carbon Homes standards ahead of their introduction as mandatory in 2016.
Sustainability has been considered in the environmental, social and economic senses of the word, resulting in a community where every element is working to deliver a sense of place that will develop organically to suit its inhabitants over time.
