#self-build

Cob House, Almaty, Alatau region, Kazakhstan,

Dilyara Mazhitova & Vladimir Radostovets Design,

The Garden Studio, London, United Kingdom,

Completed in Summer 2022, The Garden Studio was conceived by AOMD as small scale exploration into their approach to low-tech, locally sourced and material first design.

The self-build cost only £4500, the modules and frame were designed around self assembly. Between studs is hemp insulation with an external wood fibre sheathing board. The frame is lined internally with ESB board; 100% wood pulp, with no glue, creating a more precise and vapour permeable wall than OSB or ply. Breathable chalk paint and marmoleum are used as surface and finish. In embodied carbon calculations the studio achieves 455 CO2e far below the LETI 2020 targets.

AOMD (Architectural Office Michael Dillon)

Background– As previously discussed we had used two storage heaters to heat the house. The capital cost of this heating system wa €70. The passive house standard requires a heating load of approximately 1 Kwh for every 100m2 on the coldest day of the year. With the increase in energy prices and the slow pace of global warming the off peak electricity costs have risen from below 9 cents to its…

Hugh Strange: Walter Segal and the Rigorous Simplification of Building Process

SEGAL SKETCHUP INSTRUCTOR

Inner city children have a new centre in which to enjoy and express themselves. And there's a bonus: the upcycled building is a rearranged Segal Method structure

Benjamin Barfield Marks and Matt Atkins

Stockwell, London