RIBA flood house design

A house for the future, focusing upon energy efficiency, sustainability and social responsibility.The design should let the water in rather than pushing the water to the next area. Absorbing the water will protect more vulnerable adjacent areas and adaptation will protect the house.

A floating ground floor ‘pad’ and ‘petals’ that articulate in response to the change in the environment. The ground floor sits on a floating pad around a fixed central core that houses circulation and services. The height of the ground floor will vary and be taken up by the double articulated joint at first floor allowing all accommodation above this to remain completely unaffected.

Design was given a RIBA commendation and displayed at Thames Gateway Forum