tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17438568755247725862023-11-15T18:01:18.859+00:00anne thorne architects blogUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743856875524772586.post-89972460372100610882017-06-01T16:55:00.004+01:002017-06-01T16:55:46.625+01:00<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">ATA is thrilled to be involved in the radical overhaul of the North Camden Housing Co-operative! Developed in the 1980s for 15 flats for single people, the building is to be renovated to gold and a Passivhaus retrofit is now in the detailed design stages. The plan is to wrap up the building, simplifying the thermal envelope, and enclosing the deck access.</span></span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743856875524772586.post-68599949014665751002017-06-01T16:32:00.000+01:002017-06-01T16:32:12.595+01:00<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">ATA are delighted to announce that the Akerman Road residents moved in last April! They and the local people </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">were invited to view all three new Passivhaus standard houses and six retrofitted flats. </span></span></span><br />
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Meeting House Lane design team presenting the project at the 2016 UK Passivhaus Awards.<br />
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Anne on the question panel, answering the question "What does it take to self-build to Passivhaus" alongside John Palmer (Enhabit) and Jon Broome ( Jon Broome Architects).<br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>"AECB conference 2016 july 16th/17th, at the delightful Adapt building at University of East Anglia, designed by Archetype built by Morgan Sindall. </i></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>Architect and Design Manager explained the building together in a double act that clearly demonstrated how well they had worked together - the inside spaces are a joy to be in, the only time I have sat on a platform in a lecture hall and seen out of the building through glass to trees beyond, a glorious feeling of space. Great discussions throughout. Visits to my straw bale house and new passivhouses in Norwich " </i></span><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743856875524772586.post-2795303190054701512016-06-01T17:41:00.001+01:002016-06-01T17:41:15.414+01:00Shortlisted to the 2016 UK Passivhaus Award<br />
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Proud to announce that York passivhaus "Meeting House" was shortlisted to the UK Passivhaus Award 2016<br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743856875524772586.post-49640263436476839572014-02-27T15:04:00.001+00:002014-02-27T15:11:14.689+00:00Ben Adam-Smith interviews Fran for his self-build podcast seriesWeb link: <a href="http://www.houseplanninghelp.com/42">http://www.houseplanninghelp.com/42</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743856875524772586.post-91863323252116417062014-02-09T21:33:00.000+00:002014-02-09T21:36:18.192+00:00Scaffolding finally down at Hickling straw-bale house<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The snakelike pipework is for solar thermal panels supported on not yet built pergola, and the timber cladding to dormers isn't fixed yet, but we can finally see the glorious reed thatch.<br /><br />Warmcell - the recycled newspaper insulation - was pumped in between I joists in roof, between floor joists and in bathroom partitions.<br /><br />MVHR ducting, the plan means it is a pretty simple layout, with Andrew Farr instructions it was assembled easily.<br /><br />We've made a straw window - just to remind ourselves!<br /><br />Solar thermal tank and pipework going in - Kaspar is working with Dominic at LondonSolar and they are doing the installation togethe<br /><br />Stairs are made of more douglas fir, like the primary frame. The cut strings are recessed back from the edge, and the tread and risers biscuit jointed together. The whole structure seems to be really strong - and looks like a folded sheet of timber. It's a temporary post you can see.<br /><br />The strawbales are now covered with a huge amount of lime, sand and clay, and while the lime was pretty dried out by end September, the internal clay then brought lots of moisture inside. We're watching the AECB supplied Hygrotrac moisture monitors in the straw and it's interesting to see how they respond to sunshine, de- humidifier, and then rain in the last weeks. The internal moisture is going down, but the monitor in the outer side of the bale in the east wall at the top of the gable showed 99% RH last week.<br /><br />I haven't properly said all the people who have been working on the job,and materials so here goes;-<br /><br /><b>Insulation, raft and brickwork</b> to storerooms on north side by Darren, Chris, Alex and Carl at Broadland Builders<br /><br /><b>Timber frame</b> by Timber Frame Co and their two teams and design by Jim and Elizabeth, douglas fir from Forest of Dean or Somerset<br /><br /><b>Strawbaling</b> by Strawworks Barbara, Ray, Emma and Eduardo, many friends and helpers - thank you all!<br /><br /><b>Straw</b> by Longhay and the Thompson brothers<br /><br /><b>Thatching</b> by Norfolk Thatchers, Richard, Leighton and Charlie and the reed cut in West Somerton by Richard Starling<br /><br /><b>Window</b> installation by Darren's team and Georg, windows from Optiwin, a group organisation of window manufacturers, windows supplied by Gnan in Auerbach, Bavaria. Georg and Kaspar visited the factory in May 2013<br /><br /><b>Window cills</b>, steelwork by local firm, Broadland Products<br /><br /><b>Plastering and rendering</b> by Danny and Gary, materials supplied by Mark Wormesley<br /><br /><b>Warmcell</b> by Payne Insulation Ltd, Norwich<br /><br /><b>Electrics</b> by Sam, Sea Palling<br /><br /><b>Solar thermal</b> and plumbing by Kaspar and Dominc, London Solar<br /><br /><b>Staircase</b> built and installed by James and Georg<br /><br /><img src="http://annethornearchitects.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/scaffold_down1.jpg" /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The problem with airtight layer outside is that moisture from inside could condense in the straw where the air leakage points are, like at eaves for instance. We think that because the whole construction, walls and roof, is moisture permeable all the way thru, this shouldn't be a problem, and the MVHR will also reduce moisture in the internal environment. But we have fitted the AECB Hygrotrac monitors in the straw so that we can properly observe the performance, and will be using an Intello membrane internally in the bathroom ceiling.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The windows are from Optiwin, which is a German group of small window manufacturers, this one in Bavaria, they were certified at the 2013 International Passivhaus conference, and are very deep timber sections of 150mm, 5 layers but all timber, with larch to outside face. They are installed with 100mm illmod compression tape, which provides some insulation value to the tolerance gap. Then woodfibre board is fitted externally over the frame before rendering with Contega tape to window frame.</span><br />
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were assembled in their workshop, tested and then taken apart to make
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Once the individual beams had been delivered, panels and frames where
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The joints are traditional with mortice and tenon joints and pegged
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First Frame in place on day one of the timber frame build<br />
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The timber frame build has taken place at an impressive pace, while
people seem very laid back. Very experienced TFC carpenters have
smoothed the way without any onsite alterations needed, whilst achieving
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Last Sunday was the first open day with guided tours given to the
neighbors and local people. There is much anticipation and excitement as
to how this building is going to develop. Keep watching this space to
see what happens next.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743856875524772586.post-476476581642587942013-06-25T12:44:00.001+01:002013-06-25T12:44:45.730+01:00The Eco-Hub on the cover of Green Building Magazine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In-depth article - 5 pages! - with illustrations and explanations by Junko and Fran.<br />
Thanks, <a href="http://www.aecb.net/" target="_blank">AECB</a> and Green Building!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743856875524772586.post-56203062983756760102013-06-04T10:37:00.002+01:002013-06-04T10:38:16.367+01:00inner city bale out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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. . . And another great article on the Tottenham straw bale, this time in the <a href="http://www.ribajournal.com/pages/june_2013_intelligence__sustainability_215170.cfm" target="_blank">Riba Journal's June issue</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743856875524772586.post-28854177514802450132013-05-28T12:06:00.000+01:002013-06-04T10:38:34.569+01:00Eco-Hub article on low-tech / high-tech fusion... by Amanda Birch, <a href="http://goo.gl/Dq42D" target="_blank">worth a read</a>!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">ABG plenary talk, ABG are like the Co-op but operate in housing - private and social, and everything else you can build - car parks, offices, banks, police stations, nurseries. Apparently a quarter of Frankfurt's population live in one of their houses/flats, they've built 2000 passivhaus flats/houses and have 4000 more in the pipeline. Their slogan is 'passivhaus rechnet sich', (passivhaus pays).</span><br />
<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The equivalent to the Head of Building Control - from Heidelberg City, describing how they are building 1700 new passivhaus flats/houses with mixed use development for 5000 jobs on an old goods yard site. All buildings are required to be developed to Passivhaus standard, PHPP is required with details as building control drawings are submitted, with follow up and site inspections. True it did look from the images as if white render/cladding was obligatory, but my prejudice!</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">On the tour we visited a fire station, where it turned out that sliding down the pole is critical. Apparently one person on the tour had been asked to design a fire station to Passivhaus, but couldn't achieve it because the authority insisted the pole had to go thru the thermal envelope, whereas in this scheme, the firefighters were allowed to jump down the pole and then go through a passivhaus door to the fire engine! </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The rather charming School we went to next - refurb and new build - also had some overheating problems, and another discussion ensured about the decision that the MVHR should be switched off in summer. I liked the elegant way of incorporating the services/acoustic protection into the existing building, wrapping around walls and ceiling, which allowed the ceiling concrete free to act as thermal mass.</span><br />
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See you in Frankfurt 19-21 April 2013!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1743856875524772586.post-63957515714835773202013-04-09T17:36:00.001+01:002013-04-09T17:38:35.267+01:00ATA in Co-housing mode<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Full steam ahead with our co-housing scheme for LoCo (who are recruiting new members, <a href="http://www.lccohousing.co.uk/" target="_blank">have a look at their website</a>) and inspiring site visit to Colchester! More soon.<span id="goog_1978269360"></span><span id="goog_1978269361"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0