Polyvalent House, 2019
Central Saint Martins

Designed from a palette of predominantly cellulose and lime based materials – timber, wood fibre, hemp shiv and lime binders. The building was commissioned by HG Matthews and forms a part of the Material Cultures campus at the factory.  In the process of building it our students  taking control of the construction process, acting as its foremen, project managers and architects.  We will be developing models that are capable of challenging the preconceptions around mass production and exploring its potential.

Flat House 2 is technical development of the prefabricated hemp and timber system utilized at Flat House. In Flat house 2, the timber cassettes were modified to meet residential U-values, and efficient mixing of module sizes facilitated intelligent service runs around the periphery of the building.