Terramere – Sunday Times Competition

Location:

Terramere, Silverlake

Completion Date:

2014

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Phi submitted a design for The Sunday Times Eco Haus competition. It will be included in the 2015 Awards publication “Design. The key to a better place” available through RIBA Bookshops. The designs will also be presented on www.ecohomehub.com, the UK’s leading online portfolio of energy efficient home designs.

Concepts:
The design of TERRAMERE grew from parameters which were critical to our understanding of the brief and our appreciation of Natural Habitat’s vision for Silverlake:-

  • A solid structure, rooted in the ground at the lake’s edge – a concrete “welly boot” base, resilient in it’s environment, flood resistant and robust.
  • A lightweight and open home, springing from this substantial base.
  • Natural native materials of flint, thatch, bamboo and wood.
  • A modernist approach, yet sensitive to the natural habitat.
  • Architecturally arresting design yet able to meet Passivhaus.
  • Visual and physical links of the water with the heart of the home.
  • Vertical stacking of accommodation to maximise vistas and orientation.
  • Outdoor spaces at every level, interlinked by vertical circulation, which wraps the dwelling, flowing seamlessly.
  • Practical structural and services layouts, with bath/shower rooms vertically stacked and designed to facilitate off site fabrication as pods.
  • Home with water frontage, westerly and southerly aspects and private spaces for all.
  • Flexibility on multiples and expansion/ reduction.