Eco-Housing Project
Kibbutz Harduf
Emerson College
This project in Gloucestershire is for 25
houses incorporating a number of energy-saving
and other eco-design principles. Most houses will
incorporate sun spaces, high levels of insulation
and materials with low embodied energy. Solar
collectors and other active energy saving
equipment will be available as optional extras.
The site is within the mature grounds of an Edwardian house. It has a number of valuable trees and adjoins an organic farm.
The site is within the mature grounds of an Edwardian house. It has a number of valuable trees and adjoins an organic farm.
The Kibbutz is located in the Galilee
region of Israel and includes a Biodynamic Farm,
a Steiner School and a community for people with
Learning Disabilities.
The houses are designed in compact groups to minimise their impact on the limestone landscape and its plant growth without the need for irrigation in a region where water is in short supply. Each house has a small courtyard with a pergola for growing vines or other Mediterranean climbers. The design also allows for through-ventilation.
The clusters of houses change form along their length, giving them an element of metamorphosis, a principle followed by Rudolf Steiner whose work inspires the community.
The houses are designed in compact groups to minimise their impact on the limestone landscape and its plant growth without the need for irrigation in a region where water is in short supply. Each house has a small courtyard with a pergola for growing vines or other Mediterranean climbers. The design also allows for through-ventilation.
The clusters of houses change form along their length, giving them an element of metamorphosis, a principle followed by Rudolf Steiner whose work inspires the community.
The College is an adult education centre
based on the work of Rudolf Steiner. Students
from 18 to 80 years old come from all over the
world to attend courses and trainings in Waldorf
Teacher Training, Biodynamic Agriculture,
Foundation Studies, Visual Arts, Sculpture,
Creative Writing, English, Puppetry and the
Orientation Programme for 18-24 year olds.
Student Housing Project
A group of three hostels was designed to complement an existing tower house (‘Westwood’) designed by the architect David Austin. The tower motif is incorporated in each building, coming to a definite ending on the last house, ‘Oak Tree’. The group as a whole is a metamorphosis of horizontal and vertical elements. The stepped horizontal elements echo an earlier group of staff houses that can be seen at the top right hand corner of the aerial view. Westwood and Oak Tree are the only buildings in the group which were constructed.
Student Housing Project
A group of three hostels was designed to complement an existing tower house (‘Westwood’) designed by the architect David Austin. The tower motif is incorporated in each building, coming to a definite ending on the last house, ‘Oak Tree’. The group as a whole is a metamorphosis of horizontal and vertical elements. The stepped horizontal elements echo an earlier group of staff houses that can be seen at the top right hand corner of the aerial view. Westwood and Oak Tree are the only buildings in the group which were constructed.