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NEWS RESIDENTIAL
Studio Moren’s plans for a varied residential development in Essex
Studio Moren has recently gained planning consent from Tendring District Council for a scheme of 86 new homes on the edge of the village of Great Oakley, Essex. The 3.7 ha development, for Great Oakley Development, features a mix of bungalows, terraced, detached and semi-detached homes.
Great Oakley is a historic village with architectural features such as staggered
building lines, varied roofscapes, front- facing gables and multi-coloured facades. Studio Moren has incorporated all these elements into the proposed architecture of the scheme in a contemporary manner. An emphasis on “nature, context and the living community” has driven the overall design of the scheme which is complemented by extensive landscaping, including communal open spaces for residents to meet and relax, as well as a woodland walk that extends the length of the site. A community building is proposed, opening out to a new play area and connecting the site to the local village and school.
While the site, which sits at the south- western end of the village, presented a number of constraints, Studio Moren’s collaborative approach – with consultants and the local planning authorities – has provided a scheme which “maximises
CLIMATE CHANGE
Woods Bagot embraces custom climate change modelling
Global architecture fi rm Woods Bagot has announced that climate change modelling will be incorporated in the design of every new project, using a proprietary analytical tool developed by Arup which incorporates custom weather data. Russell Fortmeyer, global sustainability leader at Woods Bagot, said: “The accelerating rate of climate change has rendered standard meteorological data less useful, requiring a new approach to ensure building design accurately factors in the risks.” Woods Bagot has successfully trialled the new design tool (which also leverages Ladybug and Grasshopper software), on four projects, and will now deploy it on all new designs across its 17 studios. Fortmeyer explained the ethos further:
“Most buildings around the world are still being designed using Typical Meteorological Year (TMY) weather data. Typically, when designing a new building architects will model future energy demands using data that refl ects climate conditions from the previous 30 years.” However, he added: “Our energy
models, thermal comfort models, urban microclimate studies, refl ect a climate that no longer exists. The extreme heat waves and expanded summer seasons we now see are just the start of a century of increasing temperatures.” Arup’s WeatherShift software uses a “morphing” technique to “take traditional 8,760-hour digital weather fi les and transform them based on climate change scenarios established by the
site potential and reinforces commercial viability,” said Mark Wood, partner at Studio Moren.
Sustainability has been a key driver with this project, including measures such as electric charging points and air source heat pumps fi tted to every dwelling and solar roof panels to power the Community building. Collaborating with landscape architect Turkington Martin, Studio Moren’s design makes extensive use of permeable paving.
All dwellings meet Essex Design Guidelines and planning and building regulations, while being integrated into extensive new landscaping and several pedestrian-friendly streets.
Russell Fortmeyer
United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,” said Woods Bagot. These include temperature, relative humidity, and wind data to provide a “high likelihood of representing future conditions,” allowing architects to simulate energy performance or microclimate conditions to inform design decisions around orientation, massing, surface materials, and envelope performance.
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