How This Plastic Box Won House of the Year - 2023
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PLEASE do more analysis videos like this! I loved it!
Agreed! Btw, this building is far from an eyesore to me.
In Texas we call these type buildings "barndomeniums" which means it looks like an agricultural out building using inexpensive materials on the outside but it's finished out like a house on the inside. Part barn / part really cool house.
more square footage for a lower cost
For anyone wondering- the house was built for £559,000 which is $708,600.
Thanks - was wondering when Daniel said "on a very tight budget"..... then again for London that is a tight budget for a family home!
I think that figure is the land purchase and the construction of the house, not just the construction cost.
@@cnut4563a hmmm maybe, the price was listed as "contractor price" which makes me feel like it doesn't include the land, but likely does include the architect cost.
There is no way that price includes the land in that area of London. Other smaller houses in that area are selling for £775k.
@@bnelkinChatGPT says it includes only the design and construction expenses.
It’s £3k/sqm that’s very expensive for a house that looks very low quality. I guess the custom technics must be a part of it but they could’ve build something with better finishes with that.
Wold love to revisit this building in a couple of years to see if it really functions the way they hoped more videos like this please 😀👍😀
Good idea, would be interesting to see if the design worked as planned; and ways to improve it.
Appalling architecture, no concern for its neighbours
Pretty interesting to see the south facing greenhouse facade and passive ventilation, obviously taken from Earthships and implementing it into a building that's much easier to integrate into a tight city lot.
Yes I was thinking the same. Plastic urban earthship except without the self-sustainability.
Polycarbonate does not age well in the sun. It should yellow like the plastic headlights of an older car that's parked outside.
Interesting thanks for sharing
Here it has been treated to avoid that and extend its life. Once it has lived its lifespan of 20-30 years it will simply be replaced which will be cheap and quick and easy to do
It will be UV stabilised to prevent that. It's used successfully in Australia which has far higher levels of UV than London.
Nothing says "we pay other people to clean and maintain our home" like a multistory greenhouse with fifteen foot curtain 'walls' on rails.
Yes, I thought that!! Those curtains are totally impractical. They would become stained and dirty fairly quickly and the height of them and the volume of fabric would mean immense effort to take them down and clean them. A draught would have them blowing and flapping everywhere. And how are the bulbs changed over the stairwell and high ceilings?Scaffolding? How are the bamboos maintained, trimmed, fed, watered. Is the dead plant debris easily accessible?This is a great idea on papers and Architects will drool over it, but it’s not practical. I notice the trendy practice of not using handrails on the walls. Great for getting walls covered in hand marks.
Tbf, at least in terms of dust, the plants and proper ventilation will help. But I can agree that this, as well as any other fairly big home, would be a pain in the ass to clean which is why I wouldn't be surprised if the family doesnt clean. themselves.
I didn't see anything about how the atrium would be shaded in the summer. I imagine the solar gain would be huge if there is nothing to stop the atrium from baking in the sun all day.
Yes, it would be deadly under a high Australian summer sun, but the house is in London, so the stack ventilation is probably sufficient to draw the heat out and cool air from the garden in. The dining area might be a bit bright and exposed in the middle of the day, but the rest of the house should be fine. The rest of the year it would be lovely.
Love this house (except the accessibility) and love your video. More of this Daniel please. This type of content is perfect to discover and explain architecture. Bravo
Love this. Its alwas really interesting and enlightening to understand what goes into these amazing buildings. Discovering what the achitects and developers were thinking about, what were their contraints and how they solve problems and introduced new concepts. Thes types of builds and breakdowns are waay more interesting than "this house costs 10 Billion Dollars " type fo videos. Please do more. Nice one and thanks!!
So plastic is the new eco material? I don't really get it. The plants are cool, though. Interesting video, thanks!
Thanks for your perspective on this. The exterior is pretty ugly to me, and the upstairs hallway seems too industrial. Despite that, super cool house with lots of thought for the long term.
I love a lot of things about the home, especially the goals it sets out to achieve. But I am concerned about the plentiful use of plastic in the building process of a house designed to be environmentally friendly, especially because the plastic may turn yellow, and thus many would set some plan to replace the polycarbonate, and what happens then? Will the polycarb be able to survive for a hundred years in good condition as a building block of a house? I can see how it would be good if we are using recycled polycarbonate, i.e. reusing materials that would ALREADY go to damaging our environment, but I just don’t see a world where there won’t be construction of new plastics.
I know this was a poorly formulated comment but I would love to hear some other opinions about it, Merry Christmas!🎄
We had freak golf ball sized hail stones come through our polycarbonate roof less than a fortnight after it was fitted. Overall I'm not sure if I agree this house is particularly environmentally friendly.
its possible that the reduction of weight is so drastic that even using new stock polycarb it could still be significantly lower in carbon footprint than equivalent traditional materials. would need to do a pretty detailed analysis to tell either way, but on intuition its probably quite a bit better (going by pure tons of CO2 emitted)
Single use plastic is what’s so bad for the environment since plastic lasts so long. Using plastic as a building material makes far more sense and is an appropriate use for a long lasting material.
This polycarb has been specially treated to increase its lifespan and slow down the yellowing effect. It could last anywhere from 20-30 yers before needing to be replaced. Replacing it will be incredibly cheap and easy to do, with the old panels being able to be recycled and used for a variety of other household items etc.
My question, in 1000 years time, will this plbuilding be biodegradable so it doesnt leave a huge impact on the planet, or is polycarbonate as bad as other plastics?
It's even worse
Under UV sunlight, polycarbonite degrades into microplastic
A conventional hollow brick building with thick walls that retain heat is much more eco-friendly actually
My main worry is its durability
How long will it last?
Most of the houses in our road are over 100 years old, survived the 2nd world war and will last many more.
A bit minimalist for my taste but a gorgeous high performing building regardless. What was this "small" budget?
I came to ask this as well, wondering what kind of home could be designed using the same materials, but perhaps a smaller scale to make it even more affordable.
And budget is one thing when building/buying, but something else when we're talking about running costs.
That was very interesting. I would instinctively have called it an eyesore because I recoil from something so different stuck in the middle of traditional brick houses. On its own in a field - absolutely fine. But explaining the rationale made me re-think. I’m still not totally sure about it in that environment but it does seem a really interesting and practical design for a new-build conurbation.
An eyesore is an understatement. Actual doghouses look more appealing than that. Inside is also a joke - that's some good ladder placement, right over a dining table. And what happens when the owners inevitably neglect all that bamboo? This brand new eyesore is going to look even more decrepit. Modern architecture is actual garbage covered with pretentiousness.
I don't understand why someone can't design s home that is both eco friendly _and aesthetically_ pleasing.
I would argue this is a perfect example of that
The front looks like the store front of a garden center or backyard shed and is completely out character with the neighborhood. Also all that glass is not necessarily eco friendly! The cold winter air will sink right through that glass ceiling and the hot sun will bake everything in the summer. Heating requires a lot of energy. Plus there are no A/C units! That the home is completely open is going to make heating and cooling even harder! Laminated timber is being plugged as a renewable source. But cutting down more trees is not a "renewable" option. I think it's a huge fail on both fronts.
This house IS aesthetically pleasing.
@@notbill08cutting down more trees is renewable if they're replanted.
All that plastic is an other story...
Thank you for your detailed explanation of Green House.
I appreciate the breakdown and I do agree it's a great house in many ways. It's just an absolute eyesore.
although I am completely on-board with building as carbon neutral as possible. I still don't necessarily feel like we need to force disgusting modernistic features into our cities. No matter how effective some elements are structurally and environmentally. If cities start to look like this, they won't be pleasant places to walk- or be in. Similar goals can be achieved without making it looking like a run-down industrial building which has normally been rejected to the edge of town. My mother has a summer house/cabin next to the ocean, it is well insulated, built out of wood, it is traditionally built and has overhang that helps the house being cool in the summer and warm in the winter, with other words, same kind of environmental pros without looking headache inducing from street level... I think of this architect house more as a concept that hasn't been fully-baked yet, rather than an actual complete product that quite honestly, should've never been built. Many great ideas, but preferably it should've taken the local area into account instead of forcing that modernistic abomination into the neighborhood.
This building will be so much more pleasant to be in/around than a traditional ugly brick house in london.
this was really interesting! I'd seen an article on the build but not understood quite what was so cool about it - and your explanation was great. Would love to see more
This is a remarkable home. At first I was suspicious but I was quickly convinced of its brilliance. My one critique is with the staircase. The homeowners chose to paint the staircase green. Normally, I would've chosen black but let's go with green. This hue of green isn't correct. This is more of a "puke green" or "prison green." An altogether better green would be "celadon green." Done correctly, celadon green is the most beautiful color of all. A great celadon has a beige putty base with equal parts green and blue, and balanced out with warm grey. A great celadon is confounding, impossible to pin down as to what color it actually is. Most importantly, celadon is super elegant. Celadon has a pulse. It breathes. Celadon is a color best expressed over a thousand years in Chinese porcelain. My other critique about the staircase is with the vertical spindles. They are too thick, again making them feel like prison bars. I would've preferred to use cables, given the staircase a lighter, softer feel and would've better blended into the architecture. Other than the staircase, this is a perfect home. Astonishing.
It looks hoorible. A house of plastic, is such a ironic call to our problem with garbage. It gives off an impression of something cheaply made, out of parts found in a landfill. The fact that it is surounded by classic brick architecture, makes it clash all the more, bringing down the style off everything nearby as well. Even for all its suposed functionality, it just makes me sad.
I guess it could win 20 awards and I'd still think it's hideously ugly 😭 The same effect could be achieved in a much more asthetic manner, instead it's trying too hard to push the boundary except it doesn't work imo
So when it's cloudy in the winter (which I'm sure rarely happens in London) there's no sun warming up this house with 0 insulation, and in summer the lowest temperature you'll ever have inside is the ambient temperature.
Let me guess, not a single engineer was part of this houses design and the judges were very proud of themselves for picking the "green" option that looks the most "unique".
thank you titch, however as ‘eco friendly’ and ‘cost effective’ and ‘sustainable’ this may be, it’s an ugly shack and an eyesore which doesn’t fit in with the buildings surrounding it. the architects were lucky the council permitted this to be built given its in a conservation area which actually demands for a building to look similar to what’s already there.
I understand the environmental etc value also the owners and architects vision. But personally, I completely disliked the aesthetic both internally and external due to it not visually looking like a 'Home'. But of course, has said this is personal perception. And I am sure that the owners got what they ordered and paid for.
I would be really, really surprised if that house isn't far too hot in summer. I work in a UK building designed with glazed atria and a ducted passive ventilation system. The room I work in has huge south facing glazing. The interior temperature of the building is unbearable for three months of the year, with temperatures regularly reaching into the early 30 degrees C. The open floor plan, and the planting between the building and the polycarb, and the slight overhangs might reduce overheating somewhat here, but I don't think it will solve the problem. There's lots of thermal mass in the floor here which is good if an only if you can stop sunlight getting to it and baking the concrete, meaning there is no relief from the heat even at night. An Islamic riad is traditionally an open courtyard, but this has a huge glass skylight getting direct sun all summer long. The convection effect will not work as a result because even with some openable windows I suspect this will actually heat the shadier areas rather than cool them.
Summers in London are now often seeing high 30 and even 40+ degrees C days. I think architects, planner and the construction industry really need to acknolwdge that passive cooling systems are no longer sufficient in the changing climate. Contemporary buildings can perform worse than period properties because they often lack cross-ventilation and high ceilings (not the problem with this building, of course) and are over glazed to the south with short or no overhangs or externall shuttters. Obviously, air conditioning does mean using more energy in the summer, but ultimately a cleaner energy grid should compensate for this. Proposed legislation to set a maximum workplace temperature of 30 degrees C would be great, this will force action to be taken to mitigate over heating. Improved insulation in newbuiltds and retrofitting older buildings is great for efficience and thermal comfort in the winter, but there is a serious problem in summer that needs to be addressed. People are already suffering and even dying during heatwaves and it's not acceptable.
It's not made of anything concrete from I know.
Im portuguese, I also have a riad (closed) and house temperatures in the summer are like 22ºC max.
There's a big difference between two-story glazing (or a large window,) and passive solar, which is what this is. The only way the substrate would retain the heat is if the sun was directly on it, which it is in the winter but not in the summer. And this riad is designed the way it is with venting to allow the hot air to escape but also to keep air flowing. It's a brilliant design.
The ground floor looks like a polished concrete slab to me.@@benblarney
What appears to be a polished concrete ground floor beneath the skylight is in direct sun, concentrated by the glass, all day. some of the skylight windows are designed to open, but as I say I am sceptical this will be sufficient in the frequent heatwaves London gets now. I think it is a lovely house and I hope the owners are very happy and comfortable there. I don't think that these kinds of passive solar designs are going to obviate the need for air conditioning in the UK. @@LaughingInTiny
Can't believe it got planning
Complete design out of context disaster. That is the number one design flaw, obviously. "Greenhouses USED to be there", is not enough of a connection to neighborhood. Devoid of texture inside makes it look like a commercial bldg., it looks nothing like a home. I would have liked to see some wood and other natural materials inside, or at least some earthy colors. If that is an atrium, why not make it look like one? Potted trees and maybe a fountain? Glaring question, why no brick on the façade? They made no attempt to integrate it within that neighborhood.
These issues outweigh all the good ones. An objective look at it, could have prevented it from being an eyesore and "ugly" as most are saying. It could have been visually pleasing.
The fact that they had to call the atrium a "riad", is telling of how much they are in their little bubble. I am missing the great innovations that are worthy of an award. Most would say, worst of the year, not best.
I appreciate that you covered it.
@@solveigakisselburg6439 I am an architect and I see nothing here novel, this all has been done before, so many times, from the layout to the plastic and metal cladding. He starts out saying that brick in that area is cheap, so why not give a nod to the area with just little a brick on the façade, we know how long that lasts. Whichever non-tested coatings on the plastic poly, I doubt it will last.
It really looks like it was designed for elsewhere as an office and they shoe horned into this lot. Imagine the off-gassing of that plastic baking.
The interior is not a comfy home. It lacks texture and scale. Meaning the basic things that we humans are used to feel comfortable. Other renewable materials like wood, jute, linen, wool furnishings would have made a huge difference. This project could have been beautiful, while still employing newer concepts.
Again I suspect this was designed as a completely different project, that was scrapped for some reason. So they altered it so the design was the only thing recycled.
@@solveigakisselburg6439 Los Angeles, the Manifold House, designed by ANX / Aaron Neubert Architects, this one?
I know a little about this one, but note the differences; it's at least responsive to its environs and "human interaction".
I would be interested in your thoughts.
BTW, there are some fantastic "missing teeth" residences in LONDON, hard for me to understand this firm missed the boat on this one by days.
Amazing. Love your reporting as usual. How about the durability of the polycarbonate panels? Is it a 10 or 100 year cycle (ball park)?
30 years max.
Yes, more like this please!!! And also more Architects Redesign series. One of my favoritess of the channel. thank you Daniel ❤ Merry Christmas
This video is pretty cofused about how glass works. Summer heat gain is from the top not the south side. I will guarantee the house is over heating without AC. The stack ventilation will work on days when its not so hot but in mid summer no solar control top is an easy bake oven.
That very much depends on latitude. The maximum sun angle in London never exceeds 62 degrees and the atrium looks to be taller than it's width so the floor, which is where the significant solar mass is, probably doesn't get direct sun.
The building also does have a reverse cycle heat pump and solar panels. So on days where there is high solar gain from overhead they can run the AC using the electricity generated.
Brilliant content, well presented. Hopefully you do more breakdowns on cost effective sustainable architecture. This video made me a subscriber.
OMG,what is the R value? My teeth are chattering just looking at it. And the echo? How expensive is it to clean all those translucent plastic panels on the side and outside? Assuming home owner must hire contractor with a lift or a swing stage. Similar question about cleaning the tall room dividing curtain walls? Those would have to be removed, commercially cleaned and reinstalled quarterly? $$$$$
Missed opportunity for bedrooms to borrow light from the stairwell. Stairs missing handrails on the ground floor. No railing at edge of height transition eliminates safety for children and elderly.
How is bamboo for harboring bugs. Will that necessitate bringing pesticides into the house? No screens? Lots of sand, dirt, bugs, dead leaves coming in through open windows?
Horrible stairs to get from the living areas to bedrooms with laundry and cleaning equipment, school books etc. Can't imagine more than one person playing music, movies, video games and others being able to hear or have conversations.
Horrible place to live, environmental destruction of family relationships, expensive to maintain, very drafty. Destructive to surrounding property values.
Just try to find a 20 year old building clad with that material that still looks nice. Even sheds and porches have to be reclad every so often. I will stay subscribed to your channel if you go back and photograph this building in 20 years and analyze utilities, maintenance, repair and replacement costs and comfort.
Well explained, Daniel! Yes, it would be nice if we could hear you describing other buildings in the future! Happy Christmas to you and your family xx
Beautiful inside ugly outside.
Outside looks like nothing.
Front is ugly AF and looks cheap. Should've just set up a steel mesh on the front and let deciduous vines grow up it that block sun in summer and let light in in winter. But then again, what would I know, i'm not part of the cool club of knob heads who dictate what impressive is. Compare the riad design from the arabic countries and southern spain and tell me which one is more beautiful compared to this.
They've done some smart things here but ultimately it's still a box utilising the cheapest materials available so I don't know that it's going to weather or stand the test of time that brilliantly.
Take away the plants from this and where is the beauty? This is a uninspiring, ego driven plastic box that stands out in the neighborhood like an eyesore, it won't last 30 years. Ive seen earthship homes right here on yt that incorporate recycled materials, utilize passive solar heating and cooling, and implement rainwater harvesting systems, for half the cost of this that still manage to be good looking.
the only elements this house lacked was beauty and softness which could have been brought in through the staircase and balastrading making the interior less prison like and bringing in some feminine elements which were lacking. It has so many hard surfaces and a couple of kids so it would be noisy inside, perhaps some rugs and feature lighting shades for softness, and drama. Otherwise it sits well in it's environment, and has longevity built in and i live it's passive ventilation/ heating/ cooling properties.
not impressed at all, they go full function over form, how is that impressive? maybe have good form and good function...
Thing is, if no one actually likes this house, it winning the house of the year seems like prestigious bullsh*t. I’d rather live in the flat your showing in your background than this Jurassic park pterodactyl cage. its similar to how your local cashier is alot prettier than models in Milan. i wish there was an award similar to this where they chose the best house so we could actually see an unbelievable house.
Still hate the facade but totally loved the principles. The Riad also reminds me of my country (Colombia) which this is a common architecture principle from the colonial architecture
Everything about this looks like absolute garbage, so not surprised it won an award... Honestly just a nightmare from start to finish.
That's all very nice, but the house still looks awful from the outside. Imagine a whole street of those. It would make The Borg blush.
It clearly has some clever design features but it is ugly and drab and unappealing. It is giving converted council building.
That house will degrade faster than its 150 yo neighbors. Is it sustainable if it’s disposable?
Functionality 10/10, aesthetics , there’s ways to improve, maybe a darker translucent façade; and the green railing… must be different options at least for the color. ❤️
Is it cheaper than the average alternative?
How that bitumen fasade is healthy since it can be locked in polycarbonate and heated by the sun?
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This house is the building version of "s/he has great personality."
Looks like Daniel got into Apple Ecosystem with the Apple Studio purchase!
I saw this featured elsewhere and loved it. Thanks for explaining its features.
is it also possible that these judges simply don't see what the majority of people do?
it wins because they successfully convinced the council to let them built this lol
A solarpunk type house with an innovative yet affordable material palette? I hope to see much more from these architects, and maybe even large scale apartment complexes in a similar solarpunk style.
Bruh it cost +700k USD (according to another comment). Plus this kind of material won't survive any strong winds lol
@@sk1F-1991 Damn, I guess that makes this home a smokescreen for affordable housing. Like the EV of the car world.
"Will solve big problems"
While worsening many other problems in the process.
It still is ugly, you can't change that, but then so is most of the architecture in London these days, so I say more of these, please, as long as they don't replace the truly beautiful buildings still left in London.
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In the video, it looks like the dining table and the living room sofa were nearly situated in the staircase floor. It makes me feel unprotected and unwell. Like a desk in an open plan office.
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I would love an Architect's guide for buying a house/flat. We have to move soon, and it would be great to know what to look for and avoid
I would like to see more of these styles of video as having it clearly explains how good design makes it a good home. Would be interesting to hear how other homes are designed to meet different briefs and what makes them so brilliant. I also would like to hear more about climate design as it can be interesting how you can adapt living spaces to it, such as the design of housing in Chandigarh, India, which also harnessed light in a similar way but with brick screens instead
Unless this house is $50k I am not interested lol.
I think this pushes the limits of functionality and sustainability, and has thoughtful design, however there seems to be sacrifices in visual pleasure for the sake of it - a pretty eco-friendly machine..
just wait until 4-5 year, see how its bamboo and polycarbonate become..
Dead bamboo, as the owners most certainly wouldn't care for it, and рiss-yellow plastic from the constant sun exposure. I pity the neighbours.
I think it's interesting to see something new as "how it's always been done" might not always be the best way to do something. Loved the analysis Daniel!
I love this house but I can't imagine this was done like cheaply. Yes, the materials seemed like they were relatively affordable. However, even if the materials were affordable, the labor when it comes to this design seems quite expensive as long as along with the furniture chains in this design. This family doesn't seem like they were on a super tight budget. Rather, it seemed like they wanted a mix of affordability and sustainability. That was the main target I mean. An average family really would not be able to afford this sort of house. I don't think I want to know what the exact budget was but if we can't know that. I wouldn't be surprised if this building goes for a crazy amount of money pretty soon. I do think that if we designed more buildings like this. We could get something more affordable. But currently this just doesn't seem like it's Something normal families could afford.
Abolutely loved this type of video. Verry informative, interesting and relaxing.
Wow!! How practical - a house that is designed to work with, rather than against, it’s setting
This is an abomination to design, a mockery of beauty and just downright disrespectful of being in existence. If a was a neighbour that house would suddenly catch fire.
To all the commenters saying "this won't work..."
Really? REALLY? Do you have any training or experience with this kind of design whatsoever?
Why in the world would you assume you know more on the subject than the Royal Institute of British Architects, who awarded this building "House of the Year"?
Honestly, you people need to go look up the Dunning-Kruger Effect, and then just sit down and shut TF up.
The house has some interesting considerations but the execution feels ugly, cold and barren. The price is a non-starter, too.
The elephant in the room is the pandering to the ideological extremism of Net Zero rather than well established good ecological environmental design.
I also have a problem with BP's "Your Carbon Footprint" greenwashing that redirects our scrutiny away from the environmental destruction and toxification caused by global industry and finance while making obscene profits from abstract schemes like Carbon Credits.
Thanks for covering architecture in mass media, some things that were missed: 1. "double skin" facades have been used for decades 2. "passive ventilation" doesn't provide enough fresh in most situations (winter or no wind in the summer) 3. I think that it's (sadly) still difficult to get a mortgage on CLT-built homes. Still a useful video in overall though.
Thank you for this architectural breakdown! It gives me many ideas that are useful.
Interesting house, but don’t think it will work where I live (in the middle of the US. The flat roof would be a problem, especially if there’s a heavy snow. Would the polycarbonate withstand a hailstorm? We usually see hail a time or two each summer, and sometimes it’s quite large and destructive (this happened in 2005, and we had to replace our roof and all the east-facing windows). We see temperatures up to 110 degrees F in the summer, and as low as -15 degrees F (last year it was colder!) in the winter. I cannot imagine that it would be comfortable at those extremes.
We purchased an 7800 sq ft bow-truss building in Chicago. We hoped to use polycarbonate to create two room structures inside the building envelope but our architect told us it is not to code in Chicago (fire code). He believes it is allowed in other municipalities. But someday hope to incorporate the material for a building design. PS. Apparently, Chicago's history of corruption has impacted what and how materials are used in construction. For example, Chicago went back to using cast-iron for commercial buildings and our architect thinks it is because the union needs more manpower to do install...
So except the wood, nothing brand new here. The window opening on the south face is based on work done before, Le Corbusier did this setup in la citée Radieuse in the 1920s. Basically they based the nomination on cost effectiveness and co2 calculation. Anyway, these prizes does not mean much to most people, taste is so personal and architects are a known bunch of extremist guys 😅
Great Review of the home, however I'm disappointed you are promoting plastic, one of the most environmentally unfriendly materials and have a short design life. And timber is by no means sustainable, so you are mistaken to promote it as sustainable, research it. PS: I build sustainable houses quoted by our city council as the holy grail of sustainable housing, there is no plastic, no timber, no glues or other toxic substances used whatsoever and they repay the embodied energy within 5 years (carbon negative).
I understand why this won the 'House of the year' for 2023, but the interior seems both cold and dark. I do love the use of the polycarbonate and the black corrugated bitumen material.
Please do other videos like this, on a variety of real estate and apartments --- condos in high rises, single family homes, townhomes, etc. I enjoy hearing what you have to say........would be nice to hear more about up-keep and security needed.
i would love to live in this home. However, after living in an open floor plan flat AND a dorm with a Riad, I really wonder about noise in that House. i somehow doubt that the curtains will do much. Also, who wants to look at huge walls of curtains all the time ??? My open floor plan flat proved challenging after also my partner went into homeoffice - separation thorugh glass clearly proved ineffient. We dont have children. If we had, I would never choose open floor plan; I would not like for them to need to traipse around to be quiet.
staircase is still a bit scary
If only designs like this were democratised in the sense of them being a viable option for any family and so produced to a scale where they have a real-world effect, rather than being just a boutique project for the educated class. Lovely house of course, but it really only amounts to a status symbol for the tiny percentage of people who can affiord/are in the know and will have no measureable effect on global warming.
While I understand your explanation, the modern world is killing beauty as it praises and normalizes ugly.
Show me a modern build with wood, bricks/ stone instead of one of only cold concrete, steel and glass, and I’m a happy chappy. ❤
My daughter and I really like listening to your reviews of other people's work.
Thank you!
My only dislike about the house is the two bedrooms next to each other. Had they flipped the shower/closet around to use as a divider, then I would have completely liked it. Not much privacy with that setup.
Yes to more architectural break downs, especially eco- friendly and cost effective alternatives. By over celebrating lifestyles of the rich and famous, contractors have built homes no one can afford to buy or manage. The carbon foot print of marble and granite are a wrong direction compared to modern materials, etc.
A really interesting video. You have a great narration voice. But the house is awful. It seems cold and ugly. Much more akin to an Industrial unit.
I was initially thinking the polycarbonate replaced glass windows. Got my hopes up for a bit.
Loved your breakdown!
It looked ugly at first glance and you totally convinced me of the opposite.
You didn't say a word about how it's heated, which is much more of a concern in London than the maybe few days when it hits 30+ degrees.
That's an awesome and well-designed house for sure. Would love to live in it.
Very interesting. Thanks for your analysis. Nonetheless in the home - at lest from the picture - the coziness is completely missing to me.
I’m considering buying a polycarbonate greenhouse and converting it into a tiny home
Pure orgasmic integrated design, the type of stuff I will do in future God Willing.
Cross laminated timber is timber with glue. Is that really sustainable healthy and recycable?
This house looks bad...