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'A low cost, low energy family house, which will be a comfortable and enjoyable place to live. The west facing living room and kitchen open out into the gardens.
The simple/adaptable floor plan, with its generous natural daylighting and standard construction is designed to encourage the view that good design need not be radical or expensive.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot3.php
Good to see the local authority architects in the mix!
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Sala de conciertos // Concert hall. Porto, Portugal. Architects: Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).
'A three bedroom live-work unit which uses simple design to create a sustainable modern approach to living.
The live-work units are positioned at either end of the plot and are connected by a 'garden wall' which provides privacy and protection to the courtyard garden.
A passive solution has been adopted in the approach to the design which promotes natural ventilation and heating through the house by means of large south facing windows and a double height void in the living space.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot5.php
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'A healthy, breathing home, centred around a dynamic living space which adapts to suit the time of day. Generous and light filled during the day then cosy and intimate at night.
A feature is the dynamic breathing permeable insulated roof, drawing fresh air directly through the insulation and in the process heating and cooling the air passively.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot14.php
Aficionados of Richard Murphy will be aware that is quite impossible not to have at least one sliding door or panel in a RMA design!
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Sala de conciertos // Concert hall. Porto, Portugal. Architects: Office for Metropolitan Architecture.
'As the name suggests the building is designed as an 'object like' volume made of Caithness stone. The 'Stone House' is a terrace of four family sized houses. Each house has three bedrooms and kitchen on the ground floor level orientated around a private garden. Open plan living areas are on the upper level with access
to a private terrace.
Plot 2, The Stone House, is characterised by its outer skin of 'Riven' Caithness Stone.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot2.php
I admit to going slightly weak at the knees when viewing anything by Nord - one of the most interesting contemporary practices in Scotland at the moment.
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'A modest house full of warmth and light.
Key design features used create a house full of light and sun using the structure of the house to absorb and store the free heat which results from this.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot7.php
As a cat owner, this just stole my heart! I mean, who cares about the rest of the house - they've got a floor-to-ceiling cat scratching post! Genius! If I were to buy any of the houses on the Expo site, I have to say this is definitely a very tempting USP!
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'A low cost, low energy family house, which will be a comfortable and enjoyable place to live. The west facing living room and kitchen open out into the gardens.
The simple/adaptable floor plan, with its generous natural daylighting and standard construction is designed to encourage the view that good design need not be radical or expensive.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot3.php
Good to see the local authority architects in the mix!
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'A terrace of 4 family homes wrapped in a skin of black rubber and black stained larch cladding.
Climbing Ivy is planted along the south elevation which will grow and envelope the facade transforming the building into a living structure.
Innovative use of an exposed synthetic rubber membrane as a sustainable solar thermal absorbing cladding system to both walls and roof is a key design feature.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot1.php
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Sala de conciertos // Concert hall. Porto, Portugal. Architects: Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).
Sala de conciertos // Concert hall. Porto, Portugal. Architects: Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).
'An innovative, modern, contextual terrace demonstrating the future of low energy housing. Through careful orientation, compact form, an air-tight super-insulated building fabric and a basic mechanical ventilation system this house achieves an 80% reduction in energy consumption.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot11.php
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'A bold house of two boxes of honest industry, one in timber skin floating above the other in white, penetrations into each skin from balcony and window.
A site responsive design that takes full advantage of orientation to assist in heating the house and maximize available views.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot6.php
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Johannes Larsen (Danish, born 1912)
1967-68.
Fabric-covered polyurethane foam, folded: 22 1/16 x 20 7/8" (56 x 53 cm). Manufactured by France and Son A/S, Denmark.
Gift of John Stuart, Inc.
MoMA / Architecture and Design / Design Object
'A simple envelope, a rich interior - a sustainable, adaptable, flexible home.
A highly insulated "breathing" envelope using materials that can be recycled or from natural sustainable sources. A flexible internal layout.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot22.php
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'A healthy, breathing home, centred around a dynamic living space which adapts to suit the time of day. Generous and light filled during the day then cosy and intimate at night.
A feature is the dynamic breathing permeable insulated roof, drawing fresh air directly through the insulation and in the process heating and cooling the air passively.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot14.php
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'An innovative, modern, contextual terrace demonstrating the future of low energy housing. Through careful orientation, compact form, an air-tight super-insulated building fabric and a basic mechanical ventilation system this house achieves an 80% reduction in energy consumption.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot11.php
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'The Skewed House embraces the benefits of courtyard living and offers an attractive mix of affordable, energy-efficient accommodation. Wrapped in cedar shingles, it avoids the monotonous, 'one-size-fits-all' approach which often generates anodyne, anonymous accommodation.
The skewed ridge of the roof generates unexpected forms for the rooms below.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot23.php
The public reaction to this was not good at all it seemed - and I was inclined to agree. I loved the external forms, and the materials, but the interiors were exceedingly awkward.
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'A terrace of 4 family homes wrapped in a skin of black rubber and black stained larch cladding.
Climbing Ivy is planted along the south elevation which will grow and envelope the facade transforming the building into a living structure.
Innovative use of an exposed synthetic rubber membrane as a sustainable solar thermal absorbing cladding system to both walls and roof is a key design feature.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot1.php
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'This house takes a simple traditional aesthetic and sustainable approach and adapts it for a modern lifestyle.
Enhanced thermal performance through: heavily insulated external walls, roof and floor with triple glazing.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot20.php
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'The Skewed House embraces the benefits of courtyard living and offers an attractive mix of affordable, energy-efficient accommodation. Wrapped in cedar shingles, it avoids the monotonous, 'one-size-fits-all' approach which often generates anodyne, anonymous accommodation.
The skewed ridge of the roof generates unexpected forms for the rooms below.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot23.php
The public reaction to this was not good at all it seemed - and I was inclined to agree. I loved the external forms, and the materials, but the interiors were exceedingly awkward.
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'A state-of-the-art, carbon neutral living space as natural as the environment, which considers carbon reduction from every angle.
High thermal performance air tight external structure with complementary heating/ventilation system. Factory assembled long panel construction, high quality finish, quick on site assembly, minimised waste during construction.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot15.php
Again, one of the most interesting aspects of the Expo came to the fore here, with a contribution from a mainstream housing developer, Tulloch Homes Express. It was easily the most 'dressed' of all the properties, and in true 'Show Home' style, displayed an spectacular lack of taste in interior design! Nevertheless, very encouraging to see a developer trying something a little different - I do hope they'll take some ideas on board.
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'An innovative, modern, contextual terrace demonstrating the future of low energy housing. Through careful orientation, compact form, an air-tight super-insulated building fabric and a basic mechanical ventilation system this house achieves an 80% reduction in energy consumption.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot11.php
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'As the name suggests the building is designed as an 'object like' volume made of Caithness stone. The 'Stone House' is a terrace of four family sized houses. Each house has three bedrooms and kitchen on the ground floor level orientated around a private garden. Open plan living areas are on the upper level with access
to a private terrace.
Plot 2, The Stone House, is characterised by its outer skin of 'Riven' Caithness Stone.'
www.scotlandshousingexpo.com/plot2.php
I admit to going slightly weak at the knees when viewing anything by Nord - one of the most interesting contemporary practices in Scotland at the moment.
Composite image of all the properties.