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Rethinking Housing

Jonathan Hines

Architype and ArchiHaus

Architype purpose:

to design life enhancing

genuinely sustainable

architecture

Stroud Cohousing

ArchiHaus purpose:

to transform the quality and

sustainability of UK housing

The housing challenge

• much new housing is of poor design quality

• built to very poor energy standards

• suburban and uninspiring in layout

• lacking in any sense of community and place

Our vision

• higher standard of sustainability

• better quality of design and construction

• at a price that is affordable• i.e. at the same price as developers

• address skills, training and employment

Our target

• Passivhaus as standard heating costs reduced to £50/year

• quality as standard– quality assured construction process

• affordability as standard– i.e. for ordinary people not luxury market

What is Passivhaus ?

• a rigorous energy standard

• a rigorous comfort standard

• a rigorous evidence based standard

• a rigorous quality assurance standard

Our strategy

• to rethink the design of the house

• to rethink the design of the site

• to rethink the process of construction

the process of construction

the design of the site

Kingstone

• Jan: 3rd community workshopN

Hay

Ross

Hereford

Abergavenny

Kingstone

• Jan: 3rd community workshopN

Community consultation

Community consultation

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NConnection with the landscape

Rural lanes

Sustainable drainage

Hedgerow boundaries

Shared green spaces

Cycle path connecting the village

Surgery

SchoolsNew crossing

Shop, pub, church etc

Natural play & outdoor gym

Allotments & community orchards

Small clusters of houses N

design of the house

Herefordshire Vernacular

Passivhaus optimisation

Improving the layoutN

Improving the layoutN

Flexible and spacious plans N

Flexible and open plan living

Light airy rooms and views

Generous spaces & open ceilings

ArchiHaus house types

Herefordshire Vernacular

Herefordshire Vernacular

New vernacular

New vernacular

Planning

Received strong recommendation for approval from officers:

“This is an innovative development proposal that is a radical and positive departure from conventional modern housing developments.

The development will also maintain and enhance the vitality and harmony of the community.

The environmental sustainability of the buildings in particular is exemplar and would set the benchmark for other developments both within the county and elsewhere to follow.”

• Passivhaus as standard actual heating costs reduced to £50/year

• quality as standard– quality assured design and construction

process

• affordability as standard– for ordinary people not the high end

market

• employment as standard– creating jobs, training and skills