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From left to right: inboard design, outboard design, nested design.. Wellbeing and residential buildings.Bryden Wood was the lead designer of Churchwood Gardens, described by the Housing Design Awards 2020 judges as ‘genius’.. Churchwood Gardens is a nature-centred residential development in London, which features multiple innovative design strategies and is a good example of a healthy residential design.
The project adopted a holistic approach to sustainability with a wide range of design for wellbeing strategies, summarised below:.Better daylight levels are achieved with healthy architecture principles.• The façades feature full height windows to enhance daylight quality.. • A strategically articulated layout improves privacy at the same time as promoting open views out..
Better air quality is facilitated via a variety of design for wellness strategies.• The use of a fully electric heating system helps reduce local pollution.. • Openable windows and the isolated nature of the development (reduced pollution and noise) enable effective natural ventilation.. • Air quality is further improved via existing and new vegetation, green and brown roofs.. • Pedestrianised common areas, traffic restrictions and the parking hidden in the undercroft level reduce local vehicle pollution..
Better connection to nature and outdoors is prioritised with biophilic design.
• Retaining existing species and the arrangement of buildings around trees enhance connection to nature.. • All apartments have a private outdoor space in the form of exterior decks and balconies.. • The design takes advantage of the site’s natural slope to give direct access to all flats, without the need for a lift (healthy lifestyle).. Wellbeing and office buildings.Following a review of the functional spaces, we will set out the basis of laboratory design in zoning diagrams for the different rooms, including any ISO or GMP requirements, pressure regimes, temperatures, air change rates, lux levels, circuit zoning, and keep all this information on a set of drawings.
These types of drawings are often created at RIBA Stage 2 then never carried through the project, but it’s vital information which develops the basis for the calculations and lab design.For labs we will therefore update this drawing at every design stage and use for quick reference..
Maintaining the client lab equipment list with all the necessary services is a must.As the information becomes more detailed, the list should be updated to reflect the latest information.
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