CHALLENGE:
T
o
dev
e
lop socially inclusiv
e
,
health pr
omoting and ener
gy-
efficient housing on a br
o
w
nfield sit
e
with a multiplicit
y of existing
o
v
erhead and under
gr
ound ser
vic
es limiting the la
y
out options
.
F
u
r
t
her
design and buildabilit
y c
o
nstr
aints included pr
e-det
ermined SUDS
r
equir
ements
,
existing rights-of-wa
y
,
and a single v
e
hicle acc
ess point.
WELL
W
OOD LESLIE:
“I
t was incr
edibly motiv
a
ting t
o
be par
t of such a
r
esponsiv
e
and pr
oac
t
iv
e pr
ojec
t:
the client
,
design t
e
am and c
o
nstruc
tion
t
e
am all shar
ed the same vision.

T
h
e client pr
o
v
ided a clear briefing
,
and
enc
our
aged a sustainable and cr
eativ
e
appr
o
ach t
o
design.

T
h
e t
e
am
’
s
eff
or
ts w
e
r
e
r
e
c
o
gnised when the pr
ojec
t w
o
n the DIA design a
w
ar
d f
o
r
‘Best New Housing P
r
ojec
t 2008’
and a
c
h
i
e
v
e
d

‘
S
e
c
u
r
e

b
y

D
e
s
i
g
n
’

s
t
a
t
u
s
.
”
“Our design tack
led fuel po
v
e
r
t
y thr
ough high lev
e
ls of thermal insulation,
cr
eating r
o
om la
y
outs t
o
maximise passiv
e
solar gain,
and including passiv
e
solar panels t
o
pr
e-heat inc
oming air
.
A health
y
int
e
rnal en
vir
o
nment was
achiev
ed b
y
passiv
e
ly t
empering humidit
y
lev
e
ls
,
specifying
VOC-fr
ee
mat
e
rials and a
‘br
e
athable wall’
c
o
nstruc
tion.

T
h
e pr
esenc
e
of families and
special needs t
e
nants made the dev
e
lopment of a saf
e
and secur
e
ex
t
e
rnal
en
vir
o
nment a priorit
y
.

T
h
e la
y
out ensur
ed ex
t
e
rnal spac
es c
ould be
‘
s
uper
vised
’
fr
om within the pr
oper
ties and permeabilit
y thr
ough the sit
e
was cr
eat
ed without c
o
mpr
o
mising def
ensible spac
e
.
”

Brian Smith,
P
a
r
tner a
t

W
e
llw
ood L
eslie
Dunholm Road, Dundee
SOCIAL HOUSING DESIGN7
‘The designtranscendshousingneed on somany levels.’G
e
d
Y
o
ung
,
DIA P
r
esiden
t
WELL
WOOD
LESLIE
CHARTERED ARCHITECT
S
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