SUSTAINABILITY DESIGNED-IN

Rethinking the 21st Century Home

Rob Delius, Stride Treglown

HOUSING EVOLUTION

BUILDING INTEGRATED SUSTAINABILITY?

EARTHSHIPS -

SUSTAINABILITY-

DESIGNED HOUSING

NOT JUST IN THE STATES - BRIGHTON EARTHSHIP

HOLISTIC APPROACH - EARTHSHIP MODEL

BEDZED – URBAN EARTHSHIP?

BUILDING INTEGRATED SUSTAINABILITY?

THE ORIGINAL TEMPLATE

OR THIS?

Early

man

800,000 BC

E v o l u t i o n o f m a n

This is a recent development...

Man starts

living indoors

20,000 BC?

Modern

man

2016 AD

87% of our time is now spent indoors

CONNECTION TO THE OUTDOORS

BRADLEY STOKE

WHAT DOES THIS PICTURE TELL US?

AUSTRALIAN SOLUTION

UK SOLUTION

NOT WITHOUT ITS PROBLEMS

GREAT BOW YARD, LANGPORT

TOMORROW'S GARDEN CITY:

A SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO LIVING, LETCHWORTH

House and garden

as one

.

Natural shading

when it is most needed

.

Variety, yet collective harmony

Individual expression

.

Privacy

Delight

.

Light and shade

Colour and texture

.

Rhythm, not repetition

.

Private

Semi private

Public

Semi private

149 HIGH STREET PORTISHEAD

CORNWALL ECOTOWN HOUSE PROPOSAL

MERVILLE FARMHOUSE

ALMONDSBURY

ALMONDSBURY

CORNWALL ECOTOWN HOUSE PROPOSAL

NATURHAUS

ROSEDALE

MVHR ISOMETRIC

BALTIC WHARF, TOTNES

W

S

E

TORPOINT ROAD, BRISTOL

PASSIVHAUS

TRADITIONAL ALTERNATIVE

Better for daylight

Better for solar

Better for cross-ventilation

Better connection to garden

Better connection to street

Dual aspect living / kitchen / dining

More room for parking

More room for bikes & bins

RETHINKING THE

TRADITIONAL MODEL?

SO, WHAT IS BUILT-IN SUSTAINABILITY

WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING?

• Are close to public transport and amenities

Homes which…

• Get the basics right first – good levels of

insulation and airtightness

• Consider building form and volume on heat loss,

daylighting and cross ventilation

• Consider orientation in terms of solar potential,

heat loss and overheating

• Consider integrated services locations e.g. MVHR

• Are great places to live – bright, warm, safe,

flexible, delightful(!) with positive connection to

outside and part of a good community. These

places will be around for many more generations

THE END