#biodiversity
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Project • By Studio Bark • Private Houses
Orchard House
Orchard House is a 171sqm three-bedroom family home located on a historically contentious Green Belt site in Warrington, characterised by its woodland setting and deep generational ties to the client’s family. The timber-framed new build home has successfully resolved a 65-year history of failed planning applications by delivering an exceptionally low-impact, high-performance design.
Jim Stephenson
Jim Stephenson
Designed by Studio Bark, with structural input from Structure Workshop and ecology guidance from SolumEnvironmental, the scheme was approved for its exceptional architectural and environmental merit. The homefollows a fabric-first approach, achieving a low operational energy use of 40.5KWh/m2, and an embodied carbo... More
Project • By JUNG Architekti • Research Facilities
Resting Chapel
In collaboration with garden architects, we created an area with field trees that will become a pleasant refuge for both insects and cyclists who are using the adjacent trail. Here, bees will find hives and plants to pollinate, and the passerby a resting place – a chapel for a quiet prayer.
Alex shoots buildings
Alex shoots buildings
Alex shoots buildings
Alex shoots buildings
Alex shoots buildings
Alex shoots buildings
Alex shoots buildings
The Resting Chapel between vineyards and agro-voltaics for the South Moravian company MND a.s. Our building is part of the reclamation of an industrial site where oil and gas were previously mined. By planting vineyards and photovoltaic panels above... More
Product • By Sempergreen® • Sempergreen® Vegetation blankets
Sempergreen® green roofs
There is often little space for greenery in urban areas. An ideal solution for this is greenery on the roof. A green roof is not only appealing to look at, it also offers many other advantages, such as water buffering, temperature regulation, sound insulation, air purification and it also encourages biodiversityOn any type of roofOur vegetation blankets can be installed on any type of roof. Whether flat or (steeply) sloped, Sempergreen has the perfect solution. Our projects show that our Sempergreen vegetation blankets will grow – literally – on any roof.A special blanket for each climateSedums do not all grow equally well in all environments. This is due to differences in climate. Drought and temperature fluctuations have a significant eff... More