16 INSIGHTS SITE LINES A home fit for the future
HLM Architects is raising its profile in the residential sector with a design concept showcased in a major Government design initiative to create ‘age-friendly’ and sustainable housing. Matthew Thomas explains more
ast year HLM Architects’ ‘Forever Home’ concept was one of six finalists for the RIBA-run Home of 2030 competition. This sought to find homes that are ‘age-friendly’ as well as having low environmental impact, supporting healthy living, and able to be delivered at a large scale to solve our housing shortage. The competition was announced by Housing Minister Christopher Pincher in June 2020, and was based on four themes, including ‘age-friendly and inclusive living,’ ‘low environmental impact,’ ‘healthy living,’ and 'deliverable and scalable.’ All entries are required to reflect the Government’s published response to the Future Homes Standard consultation, where new homes are expected to achieve a 31% reduction in carbon emissions from 2021. To achieve these bold ambitions, HLM partnered with sustainability experts Daryl Fisher from sustainable building consultancy HLM Greenbuild, and Dan Beynon from multi- disciplinary engineering practice Hydrock. The team was
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augmented by the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre in Sheffield, and Mid Group, a cutting-edge offsite contractor. The design proposals that emerged envisioned flexible, affordable, and sustainable ‘forever’ homes, providing great places to live and work. They support the development of stable communities where people can invest in their homes, which are able to expand and contract with the life changes of those who live in them. This approach promotes putting down roots in a place, developing social and community coherence. Furthermore, the ‘forever home’ concept stimulates a circular economy through the use of modularised systems that enable homes to be adapted, with construction components able to be sold back into the ecosystem of supply chain parts for re-use. This means that homeowners can realise the value in their homes without ever moving – meaning the costs associated with moving house several times can be invested in the quality of the home instead.
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