Low-Carbon House
Project location: Suffolk, UK
Client: Private Client
Size: 160m²
Contract value: £200,000
Structural Engineer: G C Robertson
Sustainability Consultant: Buro Happold
Timber Contractor: Chignell Buildings Ltd
Timescale: Due to be completed December 2008
On a site in a market town in Suffolk, this new-build timber framed house is a modern interpretation of local agricultural buildings. Internally the smaller rooms are grouped together in one half of the envelope volume, in order to provide a dramatic double-height living space with a central sculptural fireplace made from local flint at the centre. A combination of biomass boilers, super-insulation, photovoltaic cells and clever daylighting strategies reduce the energy requirements of the house, so that it becomes extremely efficient.
Project location: Suffolk, UK
Client: Private Client
Size: 160m²
Contract value: £200,000
Structural Engineer: G C Robertson
Sustainability Consultant: Buro Happold
Timber Contractor: Chignell Buildings Ltd
Timescale: Due to be completed December 2008
On a site in a market town in Suffolk, this new-build timber framed house is a modern interpretation of local agricultural buildings. Internally the smaller rooms are grouped together in one half of the envelope volume, in order to provide a dramatic double-height living space with a central sculptural fireplace made from local flint at the centre. A combination of biomass boilers, super-insulation, photovoltaic cells and clever daylighting strategies reduce the energy requirements of the house, so that it becomes extremely efficient.
