True North - IDEA 2023

True North

Tandem Design Studio

Category

Category: Residential Single

Achieving 7.3 stars, True North was developed to minimise environmental impact through design. A central atrium, vented at low and high level, allows a night purge, flushing heat from the day. Demolishing the existing cottage created a source of recycled bricks for the new building. While considered initially, energy generation was not implemented due to the excellent performance of the envelope and poor value of feed-in tariff.

 

Design Practice: Tandem Design Studio
Photographer: John Gollings