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Camelite Monastery, Liverpool, UK
CARMELITE MONASTERY, LIVERPOOL, UK
Austin-Smith:Lord were asked to design and build a purpose built new monastery for the Carmelite Sisters in Liverpool. The design embodies the daily cycle of prayer, manual labour, communal mealtimes and private reflection. As a home, it is comfortable and modest. The building is rooted in the tradition of monastic design, while modern in its expression. Silence and light articulates the architecture which is calm, ordered and uplifting. The layout is generated from the symbolic relationship between the intern (the monastery and private garden) and the extern (public access to the guest house and chapel ). The two worlds meet and are defined by a separating wall that encloses the intern. The guest house sits on this boundary bringing guests on retreat close to the monastery physically and spiritually.
LOCATION: CARMELITE MONASTERY
CLIENT: MARYTON GRANGE DEVELOPMENTS LTD (CARMELITE SISTERS) / HARDIE BRACK
COMPLETION: 2014
VALUE: CONFIDENTIAL
SIZE: 3,400 M2
LANDSCAPE AREA: 20,000M2
SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE
SECTOR: INTERIOR DESIGN; LANDSCAPE DESIGN; RESIDENTIAL
CONTRACTOR: NOBLES CONSTRUCTION LTD
LANDSCAPE: THE APPLETON GROUP
STRUCTURES: MERCURY CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD
AWARDS: 2013 BRICK DEVELOPMENT AWARDS; ARCHITECTS CHOICE INTERNATIONAL AWARD
Monasteries have always been sustainable communities in the broadest sense. The building design minimises its energy requirements by incorporating natural ventilation, extra insulation and maximising daylight and renewables by fitting a ground source heat pump and solar water heating. The garden is a wildlife haven with wildflower meadows, a woodland of native species and a lake. There is a kitchen garden and orchard providing homegrown fruit and vegetables.
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