Type/size: 79 residential dwellings
Location: Redditch, Worcestershire
Status: Completed 2013
Contract Value: £8 Million
Client: Redditch Cooperative Homes
Construction Type: MMC- OSM Timber panelised system (Eco 200 by Local Homes)
Awards: Outstanding Development of the Year award- UK Housing Awards 2015
Scheme Overview:
This scheme was designed in association with a housing cooperative with a community led ethos enabling residents to involved in every stage of the design/construction process.
This former school site has been transformed from a derelict waste ground to a modern and innovative housing development consisting of 79 new houses and apartment block with a series of public open spaces, onsite orchard and allotment to encourage community interaction. The homes were built to 'Code for Sustainable Homes' level 4 Standard and there are also 2x carbon netural eco homes included on the site which meet CFSH level 6.
The houses are built in Accord’s timber frame factory (Local Homes) which produces low carbon homes designed using fabric first principles.