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News Cambridge’s Perpendicular Architecture through to final phase of home competition Cambridge based practice Perpendicular Architecture has emerged from more than 200 international entrants to reach the final phase of the Home of 2030 competition (www.homeof2030.com). Collaborating with consultants changebuilding (engineering and sustainability) and humblebee (Passivhaus and MEP) to form The Positive+Collective, they will submit detailed designs alongside five other finalists. Director Patrick Usborne explains: ‘The Positive+Collective has a mission to design homes and communities that meet the combined challenges of the housing crisis and climate emergency, while also creating healthy and inclusive living.’ For the first phase of the competition, their experience was enhanced by experts at Arup in smart building systems, COCIS on
When we started curating the articles for CA80, we weren’t sure if it would even go ahead given the circumstances. We recall that in our welcome in the last issue we wrote of ‘tumultuous times’ but even now those words seem innocent given the past six months. In this issue, we’re looking at the new combination of challenges facing designers today, and how we are responding to them. Mark Clarke, from chadwick dryer clarke studio, looks at how school design is responding to health and environmental challenges with adaptability at the core; Margherita Cesca, of Saunders Boston, talks to John Hoyle, of Sook, about the future of retail; Bobby Open looks at the past – and future – of housing standards; Mark Richards examines the changing face of the idea of Live/ Work; and we showcase the student awards, alongside our usual features. In times like these, it’s easy to let each new crisis consume us, but it’s also important to remember that there are plenty of actions that we can take that make a real and lasting difference to our surroundings. High standards of design, sustainability, creativity and consideration for the occupant and the surrounding community should be at the core of what we do. The skill of the architect is in bringing expertise and people together to form a solution greater than the sum of its parts. That has been – and remains – one of the architect’s strongest assets, and one that should help our various communities triumph through the challenges of the day.
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bio-based and home-grown materials, and ECOSystems on emerging material, innovation in manufacturing, and delivery. Perpendicular Architecture’s vision for 2030 is to regain an equilibrium: to actively restore and regenerate our planet and build places for people to reconnect with each other. Its proposal, Positive+House, is not looking simply to minimise negative impacts but to maximise our positive contribution to society and the environment. Using home-grown Cross Laminated Timber (CLT), it adopts regenerative offsite design solutions in response to the increasingly urgent issue of climate change and biodiversity loss and the social challenges of our time, while also being cost effective. The final result of the competition is scheduled to be announced in late November. We wish the team the very best of luck.
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