12 Dec 2006

Design review 1 - Carlisle MH West

  • Design goes off-grid – why cranked? Addresses road side and easterly light, but most beds face west
  • New part L – lots of external wall etc? SBEM done – won’t meet Part M with conventional boilers, but will with boimass boilers – otherwise more solar thermal on roofs and walls
  • Alternative construction – talking to Yorkon and others
  • How do you clean high level windows?
  • How do you maintain some high-level facades?
  • Height for access/safety – off-set double pitch helps and maintains domestic appearance
  • Mono-pitch – more emphasis on road side
  • Cedum roof – within pitch constraints – reduces water run-off
  • Render to gables etc – prevents completion of lower roof
  • UPVC v aluminium
  • Steel frame needed for traditional construction
  • Timber frame – not considered
  • Heating – concrete slab with heating in waffles –Thermocast?
  • Underfloor – not flexible enough and not enough user control
  • Modular – will the design change? No
  • Circulation? About 38%
  • Service walkways? How do you get around the corners? Safe egress?
  • Basements – why not?

 

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