Landing Place, Climate Innovation District, Leeds
Landing Place, Climate Innovation District, Leeds.
This is opposite the Secret Garden and provides 3 bedrooms townhouses,with the kitchen/dining/living space being at the top floor. The cladding appears to some sort of corrugated sheets that I would expect to find on an agricultural building rather than a house but it worked well. Check out the Corten postboxes that add a great texture. Impressed with the lively use of materials.
Architect: White Arkitekter / CITU
The Scandinavian firm, White Arkitekter (whitearkitekter.com/project/climate-innovation-district-m...), worked closely with urban developers Citu (citu.co.uk/citu-places), to design the masterplan for the new Climate Innovation District in Leeds, in the United Kingdom. A central brownfield site in the city will be developed and converted into a sustainable, resilient, mixed-use neighborhood of more than 500 apartments and homes.
Wide access to a range of social and green space is also crucial to the scheme and non-vehicular movement is a priority. Consideration is given to the distance people have to walk to access daily facilities, ensuring the complex is pedestrian and cycle-friendly.
The green infrastructure embedded throughout the infrastructure to encourage social interaction, physical activity, and play, reduce urban heat island effect, improve air quality and overall quality of life for the residents.
The complex will be comprised of the Citu Home - a new timber framed housing system which will be one of the most airtight and energy efficient homes in the world. Unrivaled in energy performance, it is hoped that when manufactured on a mass scale the system will help to mitigate the United Kingdom's housing crisis while being climate-conscious in the face of climate change. The houses will be close to PassiveHaus standards.
A mix of 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedroom homes will all be manufactured on site at Citu Works, which once under operation will be able to produce 750 low carbon homes each year for future developments. The Citu Home system was developed in collaboration with Leeds Beckett University and the district will be completed in two phases.
Riverside apartment blocks and a range of waterfront homes will be constructed on top of an undercroft car park of parking spaces with electric vehicle charging capabilities.
Each Citu home will include: rainwater and stormwater collection, mechanical ventilation with Heat Recovery system, cycle storage provision supplemented by cycle paths incorporated into the wider development, Smart-Home digital technology, solar paneling and green roofs and surfaces on riverside homes.
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/leeds-green-bluepri...
Start on site 2016
Completion 2026
Landing Place, Climate Innovation District, Leeds
Landing Place, Climate Innovation District, Leeds.
This is opposite the Secret Garden and provides 3 bedrooms townhouses,with the kitchen/dining/living space being at the top floor. The cladding appears to some sort of corrugated sheets that I would expect to find on an agricultural building rather than a house but it worked well. Check out the Corten postboxes that add a great texture. Impressed with the lively use of materials.
Architect: White Arkitekter / CITU
The Scandinavian firm, White Arkitekter (whitearkitekter.com/project/climate-innovation-district-m...), worked closely with urban developers Citu (citu.co.uk/citu-places), to design the masterplan for the new Climate Innovation District in Leeds, in the United Kingdom. A central brownfield site in the city will be developed and converted into a sustainable, resilient, mixed-use neighborhood of more than 500 apartments and homes.
Wide access to a range of social and green space is also crucial to the scheme and non-vehicular movement is a priority. Consideration is given to the distance people have to walk to access daily facilities, ensuring the complex is pedestrian and cycle-friendly.
The green infrastructure embedded throughout the infrastructure to encourage social interaction, physical activity, and play, reduce urban heat island effect, improve air quality and overall quality of life for the residents.
The complex will be comprised of the Citu Home - a new timber framed housing system which will be one of the most airtight and energy efficient homes in the world. Unrivaled in energy performance, it is hoped that when manufactured on a mass scale the system will help to mitigate the United Kingdom's housing crisis while being climate-conscious in the face of climate change. The houses will be close to PassiveHaus standards.
A mix of 1, 2, 3 and 4 bedroom homes will all be manufactured on site at Citu Works, which once under operation will be able to produce 750 low carbon homes each year for future developments. The Citu Home system was developed in collaboration with Leeds Beckett University and the district will be completed in two phases.
Riverside apartment blocks and a range of waterfront homes will be constructed on top of an undercroft car park of parking spaces with electric vehicle charging capabilities.
Each Citu home will include: rainwater and stormwater collection, mechanical ventilation with Heat Recovery system, cycle storage provision supplemented by cycle paths incorporated into the wider development, Smart-Home digital technology, solar paneling and green roofs and surfaces on riverside homes.
www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/leeds-green-bluepri...
Start on site 2016
Completion 2026