Extension - Downstairs
Inside outside
Includes design build details
Use angled roof to join inside outside eating area
Nice use of wood
Two dining rooms, inside and out
Like the extension continued outside
Outside in
Nice wood
Window seat extra space
The building’s nickname comes from its cross-laminated timber (CLT) folded plate origami construction. This type of structure allows for a fast build (the panels were up in just five days) and the adoption of Passivhaus sustainability measures, including super insulation, triple glazing and MVHR (mechanical ventilation with heat recovery), which all feature here. The building’s principal architect, Matt Keeler, believes key to the project being nominated was its sustainability and innovative use of CLT. “[The material] makes beautiful, calm, heat-tight shapes and spaces,” he says. He adds that CLT buildings tend to be designed as square boxes; as well as the already-mentioned footprint of the original garden studio, the shape of this dwelling was influenced by the need to reduce overlooking from the buildings behind it.
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