architectural design from the roots up

Sustainable architecture is inseparable from a sustainable economy. They are the same thing. We cannot possibly design a sustainable built environment without first connecting the economics of architectural design to the lives of the craftspeople who build our homes and the ecology that provides the materials.

Sussex Self Build
Part of a self build development near Hailsham in Sussex, 5 plots on a former ridding school paddock. Each plot has pre-planing consent within design guidelines and a planning code, building boundaries and size restrictions.
Carbon Trade and Agroforestry Research Center Zimbabwe
An attempt to close the gap between architect, builder and ecosystem by reconnecting the design process with the lived experience of craftspeople and their extractive relationships to the environment.
Carbon Trading Project Zimbabwe
A live project based on the Carbon Trading Research Center designs. Putting into action the roots based design approach to sustainable architecture.
Bamboo Bridge in Sumatra
Exploring how a major engineering project could be undertaken using only local materials and local skills by reimagining the role of the labour force.
Restaurant, Venue and Rewilded Park in Brighton
A design response evolved from an enquiry into the philosophical nature of construction work; architectural design as a holistic process that builds upon the wider needs of our living ecosystems in general and the economies created around construction projects in particular.
A School of Heritage Construction Skills
The Arc for collecting and the Hive for sharing, this building is an educational treasure trove and economic incubator. Along with a library, every town should have an Arc-Hive.
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