Our main priority is helping clients make great architecture that serves their needs and responds in a vital way to its context and cultural surroundings. In order to do this and to further the studios own knowledge base we invest in a wide programme of research which enables us to be inventive and to find new and sometimes unexpected solutions to the problems that we are posed.
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We work in collaboration with like-minded consultants in order to further our thinking and skill level and since our inception, we have always looked to develope concepts grounded by good research that have a light touch on the planet, are low in carbon and energy-use. We look to our research to help us and our clients mitigate the impact of climate change.
terraced courtyard
Working in collaboration with a regional housebuilder our terraced courtyard proposal is a research project investigating a new fused housing typology that could be applicable to the London housing market.
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Predicated on the fact that vast numbers of potential housing sites across the capital are often unviable due to overlooking / ROL / party wall matters, alongside an increasing requirement to improve density ratios, the terraced courtyard proposal looks to tackle these issues in a simple, elegant and economical manner.
Whilst eliminating overlooking issues, an aspect commonly associated with high density housing, the terraced courtyard research is also focusing on increasing natural light and natural cross-ventilation alongside investigating the economics associated with nett/gross plot sizes in order to ensure the design proposals are not only regulation compliant and beautifully designed but also deliverable.
