Low surface pressure combined with spring tides with the depression cnetred on the eastern North Sea results in higher than usual waves and consequential flooding of the North Sea coast.
NORTH SEA ARCHIPELAGO: Part 1
Traditional Housing Typology: Siheyuan (for more, click here)
A traditional housing form from China called siheyuan; without direct translation, it means something like ‘courtyard house’. It was most common in the north, in and around Beijing but was developed into a typology for many building uses, not just residential. It is a cluster of buildings around several courtyards always with north to the […]
Historic Housing Model: Hakka Rammed Earth Wall (for more, click here)
This southern Chinese traditional house form is a circular protected village encompassed by a rammed earth wall normally 2, 3 or 4 storeys high with many families; in fact, the whole village living within. At some sites, these Hakka’s are in groups suggesting that, as the village population grows, new Hakka’s are built. Being fundamentally […]
Approaches to the Enclosure of Public Space (for more, click here)
An exploration of the strength of enclosure vs. the looseness of puplic squares and piazzas. Starting with very simple shapes, we explore the expression of character and enclosure by changing the position of entry into the square and then distorting the form. With small alterations, a formal authoritarian space quickly becomes one which feels humanised, […]
Piazzas From Around the World (for more, click here)
Communities focus themselves around piazzas which is why, on arriving at a new town or city, visitors gravitate towards such spaces, Traflagar Square, St Mark’s Square, Placa de Catalunya, Alexanderplatz etc. This is a study of the forms of several minor squares or piazzas from around the world. Note that most have an informal shape […]
Redmak Architect’s first Passivhaus has just passed its air pressure testing! (for more, click here)
We are proud to announce that our latest project just achieved an air tightness of 0.58m3/hr/m2 at 50Pa! What does this mean? A typical property of a Passivhaus is the airtight construction. Airtight construction ensures that the building envelop is draught free. This means that when the heating is turned on in a Passivhaus, the […]
Passivhaus Designs by Redmak Architecture + Urban Design (for more, click here)
We are on our 4th Passivhaus and have built up a wealth of experience to tackle any design circumstances. Each of our Passivhaus designs have their own set of unique issues and characteristics which we will explore how they were resolved and became a fully-fledged building. Passivhaus no.1 Modern new build Story: Our client recently […]
Pods [part 1] (for more, click here)
How can we provide a quick and effective solution to provide housing in a booming population? Our solution is PODS. At 22 sqm, the goals of POD is to be Affordable, Sustainable, and made for easy-assembly. Targeted for one person, we’ve provided a kitchen/dining/living area in tandem with a multi-functional WC shower area that can […]
Slade Road (for more, click here)
The brief was established as a regeneration to form 10 houses on the site with visions to develop long term social economic and environmental benefits to the community. Redmak saw this as an urban design opportunity to upgrade the site into a long term sustainable perimeter block with the following approaches: A cluster of houses […]