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Image by Oskar Proctor . Source: Practice Architecture Material Cultures Flat House 2019 Flat House is an experimental single family home built from hemp grown locally on site. It was commissioned by Steve Barron, owner of R&D facility Margent Farm in Cambridgeshire, to test the possibilities of hemp and other natu ral resources as building materials. Flat House led to the establishment of Material Cultures , a research cluster which is looking to further investigate and, eventually, produce the ultra-low embodied carbon construction system at scale. Tags Architecture Materials Hemp UK Sustainability Rural Houses 2010s Experimental We are still working on this feature but have chosen to upload our work in progress: this is the network of creative connection surrounding Flat House by Material Cultures. Check back soon to see a more detailed and interactive version. Contents Article Info Box Photos Drawings Documents Further Reading Sources Related Entries Bibliographical Information Discussion The birth of his first granddaughter prompted filmmaker Steve Barron "think about the future, what [he is] leaving behind. […] There are so many things to cure in this world," and through pioneering the use of hemp he wanted to "try and contribute and do something for our world, our planet." [ 1 ] Barron approached Paloma Gormley, looking for a building that " was experimental and that could act as a demonstration of the viability of hemp as a construction material." [2] The result, Flat House, was designed to "demonstrate how a low-tech approach and bio-based materials can be combined with offsite construction to create a scalable low-impact, beautiful architecture." [3] It is a prototype, proving the feasibility of prefabricated hemp-based construction to be used more widely on bigger projects across a range of developments. [4] Image by Oskar Proctor . Source: Practice Architecture At this time, Practice Architecture’s Paloma Gormley was already looking for alternatives to address sustainability in architecture that go beyond merely reducing operational carbon [ 5] and that “respond to evolving societal needs without the disastrous effects of current modes of production and growth.” For Gormley, Flat House was a testing ground for a “bio-based material system [that] can be produced efficiently at a regional scale and integrate with existing crop cycles.” [6] Margent Farm, Oldhurst Rd, Pidley, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 3FB, England . Source: Google Earth Gormley and Barron searched for a suitable home for Margent Farm together — the property they found is located just outside of Pidley in Cambridgeshire and had some old farm buildings still standing. "Planning permission was granted on the basis that the new building was set within the existing framework or perimeter of the then cattle yard." [7] It was designed to integrate the existing structures and retain the old steel frame. Barron applied for a hemp-growing licence and the first years harvest was used to construct the building. [8] " Working closely with engineers and material specialists we developed a prefabricated panel infilled with hemp grown on 20 acres of the farm." [9] A post by Margent Farm showing the property before construction. Source: Instagram The building's logic is low-tech and high performance , it is conceived as an alternative to petroleum based construction. This alternative approach brings with it a variety of expansive differences to the Oil Vernacular : "The body of the house is entirely made of materials that have been grown" [10] and " the careful orchestration of natural materials creates a building that regulates humidity, temperature and air quality without the need for any ducting or equipment." [11] Video by The Modern House. Source: YouTube Working with hempcrete allowed for a "truth to materials." [12] "Natural materials invite direct contact, experimentation and play:" Gormley and her collaborators had a direct relationship with the material, developing 1:1 prototypes and a new design language appropriate to its constituent parts and with "the potential to supersede those we have inherited from a narrow lineage of authors." [13] Image by Paloma Gormley. Source: Practice Architecture "The hemp had to be processed to separate the different elements of the plant – seed, fibre and shiv (the chopped woody core, used to make hempcrete) – and [the team] set out to develop a design that integrated the different materials produced." [14] The wall panels on the interior of the building are made with the shiv, while the "building’s exterior walls are clad with Margent’s corrugated hemp fibre rain sheets." [15] Noting the poet ic nature of this construction, Barron remarks that building the building was almost like putting the hemp plant back together. [16] Image by Paloma Gormley. Source: Practice Architecture In an interview with the Architects’ Journal, Gormley explains that "plants sequester carbon as they grow, so if large transport distances aren’t involved, plant-based materials store more carbon than they produce." [17] In the book Material Reform, published by Material Cultures in 2022, they acknowledge that the reality of building with emerging materials: "At the moment, machinery to process hemp and flax straw is expensive and unevenly distributed, meaning that while these crops might be grown locally, they often need to travel great distances to a processing plant and back. For example, on [Flat House], hemp grown on-site had to travel to Yorkshire to a processing plant that had facilities to remove fire from the straw shiv and cut the shiv into shorter lengths. The shiv and the fibres then separated – the shiv was driven to Buckinghamshire, where it was bound with lime and cast into timber cassettes, while the fibres were shipped to France, were they were needle punched into a mat and impregnated with sugar resin and pressed into sheets of cladding. All the components were then delivered back to the site for assembly into the final building." [18] Another relevant concern, brought up by architect Thibaut Barrault in an article by the BBC, is the lime component of hempcrete: "'Hemp is great, but lime is still something that you should question as a sustainable issue,' he says. The production of lime requires heating limestone to approximately 1,000C, which emits carbon." [19] Source: That Hempcrete Guy These concerns notwithstanding, the team went to great lengths to maximize sustainability efforts on the project: "All of the remaining materials on site were used in the construction, a short distance from the house, of the CASS studio, a small building designed and built by students led by David Grandorge and [Paloma Gormley]." [20] They also made efforts to incorporate sustainability into the entire life cycle of the building: "At the end of the building's life, its elements can be reused or mulched and returned to the hemp fields in the form of fertiliser. In this way, building can become a gathering and recomposing of different elements of the landscape." [21] Image by Oskar Proctor . Source: Practice Architecture Human health was a factor in the creation of Flat House which is why the aesthetics of the building are also carefully considered. "The house draws from centuries-old material technologies and construction principles, re-rationalising them for contemporary building techniques." [22] "Sharing some of the methodology of Tudor construction, the building also has a historic quality, not just in the expression of the interior but in the atmosphere created by being in contact with 'real stuff.'" [23] Image by Oskar Proctor . Source: Practice Architecture Skeptical at first, hemp expert Will Stanwix, remarks that "prefabricated hempcrete panels […] proved incredibly easy to manufacture and very cost effective." He also emphasizes the raw hempcrete makes it feel "as though the room is giving you great big hug." [24] For carpenter Oscar Cooper, "having the opportunity to participate in the design and build of a structure that is attempting to create a synergy of restorative carbon-negative construction techniques with the provision of beautiful, healthy homes feels like a step towards a future we might be able to be proud of." He "continues to be inspired by the direction of travel that this project and others like it are going in, breaking a paradigm that assumes depletion of resources and the environment as a necessary part of human progress and provision of needs and shelter." [25] Ground Floor Plan and First Floor Plan. Source: Architects' Journal "The project has led to the establishment of Material Cultures, a research organisation which is exploring natural materials in the context of off-site construction." [26] It has also led to a number of projects in which Gormley and her collaborators are attempting to scale up the approach. "The first of those developments […] is the Phoenix Project alongside the River Ouse in the town of Lewes, East Sussex. The 700-home development includes 100 designed by Material Cultures with developer Human Nature. The plan is to prefabricate hempcrete panels in a warehouse already on site." [27] Paloma Gormley’s concern with prefabrication can be explained through her belief that by "co-opting the efficiency of mass production, decarbonised materials could change the course of the construction industry." [28] "It's important to remember that carbon calculating is a fairly blunt tool when it comes to designing for ecology and we really need to be going much deeper in understandig the impact of the things we make. […] I've begun tentatively using the phrase 'circular ecology', an attempt to describe a construction logic in which buildings emerge from, and then reintegrate into, the landscape." [32] Paloma Gormley, Practice Architecture Gormley’s wider ambitions are to "change the terms on which buildings can be made." She desires an interdependence that will emerge between growing and construction cycles [which] means that seasonality and soil conditions become significant architectural considerations and that the stakeholders in our construction industry are no longer solely human." Though it breaks with the current logic of mainstream sustainability, to Gormley this is no novel idea: "Entropy is the enemy of reuse but the friend of biological processes. In our research practice we are interested in construction materials that can remain part of these biochemical and nutrient cycles, and modes of construction where the constituent parts of a building ultimately return to the ground. Rather than being contaminants, materials would belong to the landscape – which is how we have made things for thousands of years." [29] Source: Practice Architecture Alex de Rijke sees in Flat House a clear "message to the construction industry in the context of the climate crisis: don’t just talk about paradigm change while continuing with business as usual – do something positive about" [30] it. Or as Gormley says: "Transforming the construction industry is a momentuous task but a necessary one and a process that presents compelling opportunities to rebuild the cultures defining our built environment for the better." [31] Info Box We are currently working on this section, check back soon. Photos Image by Oskar Proctor . Source: Practice Architecture Image by Oskar Proctor . Source: Practice Architecture Image by Paloma Gormley. Source: Practice Architecture Image by Paloma Gormley. Source: Practice Architecture Image by Paloma Gormley. Source: Practice Architecture For the original sources and more photos, check out any of the pages listed under Further Reading . Drawings Ground Floor Plan and First Floor Plan. Source: Architects' Journal South West Elevation. Source: Material Cultures North East Elevation. Source: Material Cultures South East Elevation. Source: Material Cultures Section B-B. Source: Architects' Journal Section A-A. Source: Architects' Journal Panel Axonometric. Source: Material Cultures Perspective Section through Floor and Wall. Source: Architects' Journal For the original sources and more drawings, check out Material Cultures , Architects’ Journal , Huntingdonshire District Council , Architecture Today’s Fact Sheet , and Subtilitas . Documents Huntingdonshire District Council Planning Application Architecture Today Fact Sheet Cecence + Margent Farm Corrugated Hemp & Bio Resin Boards Info Sheet House Planning Help Interview with Paloma Gormley – Transcript Further Reading Practice Architecture: Flat House Material Cultures: Flat House, 2020 Material Cultures: Material Reform Margent Farm That Hempcrete Guy: hempcrete prefabricated panel house Huntingdonshire District Council Planning Portal: Margent Farm RIBAJ: Practice Architecture and Material Cultures – taking bio-based materials mainstream The Architectural Review: In practice: Material Cultures on decarbonising construction Architects' Journal: From farm to form: Flat house by Practice Architecture ArchDaily: Flat house / Practice Architecture + Material Cultures Dezeen: Hemp is used on interior and exterior of zero-carbon Flat House in Cambridgeshire Dezeen: Hemp "more effective than trees" at sequestering carbon says Cambridge researcher Dwell: This UK Farmhouse Is Made of Hemp Grown in the Surrounding Fields Architecture Today: Flat House The Guardian: Flat House review – a home made from hemp that will blow your mind BBC: The buildings constructed from cannabis The Modern House: The house that hemp made: Steve Barron on his off-grid, carbon-capturing house at Margent Farm House Planning Help: A hemp house that also minimises plastic use Subtilitas Sources source-1 [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2RJ1asZGWo&t=197s source-2 https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/from-farm-to-form-flat-house-by-practice-architecture-2?tkn=1 [2] source-3 [3] https://materialcultures.org/flat-house/ source-4 https://practicearchitecture.co.uk/project/flat-house/ [4] source-5 https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/from-farm-to-form-flat-house-by-practice-architecture-2?tkn=1 [5] source-6 https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/in-practice/in-practice-material-cultures-on-decarbonising-construction?tkn=1 [6] source-7 [9] https://practicearchitecture.co.uk/project/flat-house/ source-8 [8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2RJ1asZGWo&t=197s source-9 [7] https://www.instagram.com/p/B-hs3H-Hivj/?img_index=1 source-10 https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/from-farm-to-form-flat-house-by-practice-architecture-2?tkn=1 [10] source-11 https://materialcultures.org/flat-house/ [11] source-12 https://www.ribaj.com/culture/future-winners-2022-paloma-gormley-practice-architecture-and-material-cultures-bio-based-hemp [12] source-13 https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/in-practice/in-practice-material-cultures-on-decarbonising-construction?tkn=1 [13] source-14 https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/from-farm-to-form-flat-house-by-practice-architecture-2?tkn=1 [14] source-15 https://www.margentfarm.com/about-us/the-farm [15] source-16 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2RJ1asZGWo&t=197s [16] https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/from-farm-to-form-flat-house-by-practice-architecture-2?tkn=1 [17] Material Cultures. 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Bibliographical Information Contributors: Aurelia Goldlücke, Lion Tautz First published 31.08.2023. Last updated 01.11.2023. Note: In a previous version of this entry, Flat House was credited to Practice Architecture. We have updated the post to reflect changes in attribution brought to our attention by Paloma Gormley. 01.11.2023 Cite this entry in APA 7 (remember to adjust the retrieval date): Goldlücke, A.; Tautz, L. (2023, August 31). Flat House by Material Cultures . Database of Hope. Retrieved Month Day, Year from https://www.databaseofhope.com/flat-house-material-cultures Discussion

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The Database of Hope is a publicly accessible educational collection of projects which show the possibility of Doing Things Otherwise . [1] It i s in tend ed to ac t as a point of departure for new research and practice projects and collaborations. Feel free to browse and get inspired. Learn more about the Database Submit content to be added Practice Architecture Flat House An ultra-low embodied carbon single family home built from hemp grown locally on site. Flores & Prats Sala Beckett This entry is currently a work in progress – feel free to check it out. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Charly Blödel Soft Rubble We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Architecture Materials Hemp UK Sustainability Rural Houses 2010s Experimental Tatjana Schneider, Jeremy Till, Nishat Awan Spatial Agency We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Lacol We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Assemble We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Henri Lefebvre We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Walter Segal We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Balkrishna Doshi We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Walter Segal Walter's Way and Segal Close We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Sheril Tengku One Tree Manual We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Certain Measures Mine the Scrap We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Dido Milne, Matthew Barnett Howland, Oliver Wilton Cork House We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Rotor DC We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Rural Studio We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Material Cultures Material Reform We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Tatjana Schneider We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet Julia Watson Lo-TEK: Design by Radical Indigenism We are currently working on this entry, check back soon. Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet [1] This expression is in reference to a similar spirit expressed many times through Tatjana Schneider's work at the Technische Universität Braunschweig. See for example Schneider, T.; Lucas-Drogan, D.; Peschken, M.; Soldavini, L. 2020. Es geht immer auch anders: Von Praktiken und Praxen des doing otherwise . Braunschweig: Institut für Geschichte und Theorie der Architektur und Stadt (GTAS), Technische Universität Braunschweig. bit.ly/doingthingsotherwise

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Information made accessible can become the knowledge of many. We want to grow the Database beyond our own personal repository of interesting projects. Adapting to life in the Anthropocene is uncharted territory for all of us and to make things more difficult, a lack of knowledge sharing means we often cannot meaningfully build on the experiences of others – this results in doubled and wasted efforts to affect meaningful change . T o enable others to build on our experiences, it is critical we share the information we hold. We encourage you to help us grow by sharing your ideas or knowledge with us or submitting content to be added to the Database. Direct Message Do you have an idea, a project, a person or anything else that you want to share? Send us an email at databaseofhope@gmail.com or get in touch via Instagram or Facebook . Form Submission We are working on adding a form so you can share your thoughts with us right here. We will let you know as soon as we have completed this new feature.

Image by Aurelia Goldlücke. Flores & Prats Sala Beckett / Obrador Internacional de Dramatúrgia 2016 ! This post is currently under construction. Feel free to browse, but please be mindful that we are actively working on it. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. Tags Architecture Materials Reuse Spain Barcelona Cultural 2010s Built Contents Info Box Documents Further Reading Related Entries Bibliographical Information Discussion Info Box Prizes Winner "AR New into Old 2019 " Special Mention "Premio de Arquitectura Española 2017 " Finalist "VII Premio de Arquitectura Ascensores Enor 2017 " Winner "Premis Catalunya Construcció Direcció Inegrada de Projecte 2017 " Finalist "Premio FAD Arquitectura 2017 " Nominee "EU Mies Award 2017 " Winner "Premis Ciutat de Barcelona Arquitectura 2016 " Winner "Simon Architecture Prize 2016 " Documents Image for Flores & Prats: Press Release Further Reading The Guardian: Sala Beckett: Barcelona’s inspired homage to the playwright Sala Beckett: Obrador Internacional de Dramatúrgia ArchDaily: Sala Beckett / Flores & Prats The Architectural Review: ‘You leave the pages open near where you are drawing and it is very inspiring’: Flores & Prats’ AR Bookshelf The Architectural Review: Circle of life: Flores & Prats’ Sala Beckett theatre in Barcelona Drawing Matter: Flores & Prats Sala Beckett International Drama Centre (2020): Review & Excerpts Architonic: Sala Beckett by Flores & Prats Architects Divisare: Flores & Prats, Adrià Goula, Sala Beckett World-Architects: Sala Beckett / International Theatre and Drama Centre Flores & Prats Barcelona Architecture Walks: Sala Beckett project by Flores & Prats designboom: flores & prats revitalizes historical theater building in barcelona AMC: L'Architecture est une sédimentation, Sala Becket par Flores & Prats à Barcelone Beta Architecture: New Sala Beckett, Flores & Prats L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui: The theatre of Flores & Prats Dezeen: "We treat every project as research" say Ricardo Flores and Eva Prats anniversary: Sala Beckett's Creative Soul Lives On in the Vibrant District of Poblenou, by Flores & Prats Architects IQD: The discipline of the existing, after Sala Beckett / Flores y Prats for IQD World Architecture: Flores & Prats Creates A Fragment For Sala Beckett With Liquid Light At Venice Architecture Biennale Architecture Player: ESCALA 1:5 Architecture Today: Forensic Focus Attitude: The New Life of Sala Beckett Architectuul: Sala Beckett Architecture and Wonder: Flores & Prats | Sala Becket Related Entries This feature will be available as more entries get posted, check back soon. Bibliographical Information Contributors: Aurelia Goldlücke, Lion Tautz First draft: 22.11.2023. Not yet published. Cite this entry in APA 7 (remember to adjust the retrieval date): Goldlücke, A.; Tautz, L. (2023, November 22). Sala Beckett by Flores & Prats (Draft) . Database of Hope. Retrieved Month Day, Year from https://www.databaseofhope.com/sala-beckett-flores-prats Discussion

About The Database of Hope is a publicly accessible educational network of projects which show the possibility of Doing Things Otherwise. It is intended to act as a point of departure for new research and practice projects and collaborations. Much important work has been done to make us aware that we live in a time of multiple crises, a new geological epoch even. Let us now take the next step together to collectively do something about it: let’s figure out how to act in this reality, let’s adapt our approaches and let’s do things otherwise to effectively respond to the crises we have been made aware of. Adapting to life in the Anthropocene is uncharted territory for all of us and to make things more difficult, a lack of knowledge sharing means we often cannot meaningfully build on the experiences of others – this results in doubled and wasted efforts to affect meaningful change. Through the Database of Hope we wish to establish a new avenue of sharing, because information made accessible can become the knowledge of many. To turn awareness into action, we want to show the possibility of Doing Things Otherwise. Through the Database of Hope, we share people, projects, ideas and more who dare to demonstrate a positively different approach to issues ranging from the climate crisis to social inequality and beyond. Team Aurelia Goldlücke is an architecture student currently enrolled at Technische Universität Wien. She has previously studied at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Technische Universität Braunschweig. Lion Henri Tautz is an architecture and critical urbanisms student currently enrolled at Universität Basel. He has previously studied at Universität Wien and University College London. Authorship As you browse, it is important you keep in mind that we are not attempting to create a definitive account of the topics at hand. This collection of entries reflects our personal desire to make existing information accessible to a wider audience and it necessarily reflects our own bias. We intend for the Database of Hope to act as a catalyst, for it to be used as a waypoint on your journey and it should always be supplemented with further research as well as a critical and reflective attitude. To help us expand the range of voices represented we encourage you to submit content to be added to the Database. Submit We want to grow the Database beyond our own personal repository of interesting projects. Adapting to life in the Anthropocene is uncharted territory for all of us and to make things more difficult, a lack of knowledge sharing means we often cannot meaningfully build on the experiences of others – this results in doubled and wasted efforts to affect meaningful change . T o enable others to build on our experiences, it is critical we share the information we hold. We encourage you to help us grow by sharing your ideas or knowledge with us or submitting content to be added to the Database. Work in Progress The Database of Hope is a work in progress: there are a lot of things we are working on concurrently, and most are not finished. Excuse the mess and feel free to join us on this never-ending journey. W IP is where we keep you updated about recent work, changes, and new features, so check it out. Acknowledgements I t is important to us we give credit where credit is due. On our growing list of gratitude, we want to acknowledge: Chris Rapley for the idea for a website collecting positive examples of climate action, which came about in a lecture. Sandra Häuplik-Meusburger for the lecture series in which the idea for this project arose. Tatjana Schneider for her relentless efforts to show students and the architectural community at large that it is possible to Do Things Otherwise. Atlas of Places for inspiration regarding the style and the general idea of the website. Copyright Fair Use. This site is for educational purpose only. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel fr ee to reach out to us at databaseofhope@gmail.com . Imprint L ion Henri Tautz Petersgraben 1 4051 Basel Switzerland databaseofhope@gmail.com

The Database of Hope is a work in progress. We want to share new features with you as soon as possible — that is why we continuously make small updates to the website. Here, we keep you posted about that. Feel free to scroll and read about recent changes and the development of the Database. If you have a suggestion for a new feature, leave a comment below or get in touch with us via email , Instagram or Facebook . Sala Beckett 21.08.2024 11:34 Added some new information to the entry. Also made minor page-wide updates, e.g. imprint. Flat House 01.11.2023 11:48 Paloma Gormley of both Practice Architecture and Material Cultures reached out to us to let us know that Flat House is now being credited to Material Cultures rather than Practice Architecture. We have updated our entry to reflect those changes. We have also added a note to highlight these changes. Minor Bug Fixes 11.10.2023 16:21 Fixed some minor bugs on the mobile site. Launch 31.08.2023 15:00 Today we officially launched our website. There are still a lot of construction sites and the ongoing work means that not all features are available yet. Excuse the mess and have fun browsing anyway! More detailed notes to follow. Discussion

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