Our first, not for profit social housing providers' Passive Houses are complete and ready for occupation.
NORTH SEA ARCHIPELAGO: Part 2
UK North Sea breakwaters on the 12nm territorial water limit, new off-shore harbour villages, nature reserves, wind power, land reclamation and consequential east coast regeneration. To see the full presentation of…
NORTH SEA ARCHIPELAGO: Part 1
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…