The Silverstone Residence an Ecological Home for a Working Man Heyrod, Tameside, Manchester

The Silverstone Residence An Ecological Home For A Working Man Heyrod, Tameside, Manchester.

Design & Access Statement October 2014 Contents We need a budget with housebuilding at its heart to kickstart Britain’s economy From The Guardian 17 March 2013 by Jack Dromey and Ed Balls Housebuilding is crucial to economic recovery. 100,000, less than half the number required to From the Depression of the 1930s, through the meet housing need. rebuilding of Britain after the second world war, Professional Team: to every recession since, politicians of all parties Three years ago, Labour warned the government Architectural Designers have recognised the need to build our way out of that by recklessly raising taxes and cutting economic crisis. spending too far and too fast, they risked putting Matthew SilverStone’s SelfBuild Home: Despite three housing launches by the prime the recovery at risk. We warned that cutting Biographies minister, David Cameron, and the chancellor, the housing budget by 60% would not only Reasons to self-build George Osborne, who have donned wellies be a devastating blow to housebuilding, the and high-vis jackets to go on building sites, construction industry and the wider economy, but The Site: and hundreds of housing announcements, also to the millions of families in need of a home. Location But they failed to listen and as a result Cameron housebuilding is at its lowest peacetime level Breif and Osborne have overseen the lowest level of since the 1920s. No wonder the country faces Consiltaion the slowest economic recovery in a century and housing completions compared with any other peacetime government since the 1920s. They’ve History the biggest housing crisis in a generation. While Views some measures have the potential to help, there put 80,000 construction workers out of work and has been little by way of new investment. The construction output has fallen by 8.2%. The Design: government has simply failed to learn the lessons We should look at ways to help young people who Amount of history. want to get on the property ladder and are trying Appearance and Landscape. In 2010, the government announced their to save for a deposit – for example, by looking at Access & Layout flagship housebuilding policy the “New Homes proposals for a Housing ISA proposed by the CBI Bonus”, promising to unleash growth and build at Habitats this week – and give first-time buyers a stamp duty Water management least 400,000 additional homes. In the following holiday on properties up to £250,000. Let’s bring Materials 12 months, both housing starts and completions forward long-term infrastructure investment in fell. schools, roads and transport to get construction Less than 12 months later, yet another “major” workers back to work and strengthen our Sustainable Development: housing package was announced as Cameron economy for the future. And to improve existing Why Build Eco homes declared that his “government is serious about housing stock, VAT on home repairs, maintenance Design Precedents rolling its sleeves up and doing it all it can.” This and improvements should be cut to 5%. included a £10bn guarantee scheme which, while Matthew Silverstone welcome, has yet to deliver a single penny of These measures would boost growth, get builders support for housebuilding. It took the government back to work building the homes we need for the six months to release details of the scheme and future and create apprenticeships for the young. it won’t open to receive bids until April this year. Britain needs a radical budget for homes, jobs and And last year housing starts fell by 11% to below growth, not another false dawn. Jack Dromey MP - While Shadow Minister for Housing

SilvermanHome Heyrod p2 Foreword by The Last Shadow Government Minister for Housing © 2014 [email protected] © 2014 [email protected] Contents SilvermanHome Heyrod p3 The Professional Team Professional Team The Design Team AKAcommunity Deramore co-founded AKAcommunity and was Stephen co-founded AKAcommunity and has Architectural Designers the lead designer of the projects The Mount, initiated several community projects including an www.AKAcommunity.org The Invisible Home, and the Hurley House. He Arts Council funded project working with pupils was selected by UnLtd, as a social Entrepreneur, of Moulsecoomb primary and secondary schools Lead Designer: who give him a wide ranging support package in spatial activities to help them rediscover their Deramore Hutchcroft that allow him to have the very best advice from local environment. This has led on to engaging [email protected] Deutsche Bank and Debevoise & Plimpton who with Varndean School in a series of workshops or call 07590557381 support him in all his endeavours. From 2006 that will culminate in designs for a Self build he has worked for Birds Portchmouth Russum community hub. Stephen’s career started at Atkins Chorlton Plannning Architects in London. Working on projects Engineering Consultancy in 1992 working on an Planning Consultants including, but not limited to: Highlands Housing International project for the Russian and British www.chorltonplanning.co.uk in Jersey, which won the Royal Academy of Arts Departments of the Environment monitoring the Architecture Award in 2011, as well as Southwalk land contamination after the Chernobyl Nuclear Edge Structural Design Park School, in London. He has also worked disaster and subsequent fallout over the Lake Structural Engineers for Archi-Union architects in Shanghai, China District and North Wales. Whilst living in Wales he www.edgestructuraldesign.com for over a year working on a large mixed use also studied sculpture and worked with the land housing development in Shenzhen, as well as to create ephemeral sculptures in hard to reach Future Roofs the Qiandeng Villas in Jingsu, and a number of spaces using objèts trouvé. In 2005 he joined BBM Green Roofers schools and commercial projects. Architects working on many different houses in ForeverHome South Elevation, A Self-Build Eco home in Saddleworth, by Deramore Hutchcroft www.futureroofs.co.uk the Lewes conservation area. Stephen freelance designs for Andy Stone Bespoke Interiors creating Whitcher Wildlife Ltd unique stylish bespoke furniture and interiors Wildlife Consultants from the traditional to the contemporary. www.whitcher-wildlife.co.uk Josie is an authority on horticulture and author of High Efficiency Heating a number of publications on guerrilla gardening Mechanical and Electrical Consulatants and specialist in Seedbombing: an ancient www.hehuk.co.uk Japanese technique. She holds workshops in Seedbomb making, seed science and garden building with communities nationwide. Most recently in Hyderabad, India she worked with underprivileged children and constructed a vegetable garden, planting wildflowers and edible plants. Her ethos is working with nature to improve our surroundings. Horticulture Publications by Josie Jeoffery Residential Bespoke Kitchen by Stephen Millard SilvermanHome Heyrod p4 The Design Team Examples. © 2014 [email protected] © 2014 [email protected] The Design Team SilvermanHome Heyrod p5 The Self-Builder Why i want to do this project. I Matthew Silverstone was born and raised in house to be a central showpiece for my company Stalybridge and with the exception of moving as I aim to tile the entire downstairs and outside away to university I have lived here all my life. balcony areas giving it a light airy and clean Most of my family live in the area and it is upon Mediterranean feel. a small piece of family land, which was passed down to me, which I plan to build my home of The floors will then be heated from a natural choice and settle down in the village where my underground green efficiency heating system family have always lived. supplied by a close friend of the family Andy Baxter whose company, High Efficiency Heating UK Ltd. I would love nothing more than to be able to settle Once completed I aim to redo my portfolio and down on the land that I grew up playing hide n web pages based around images of my house seek and feeding chickens with my grandparents. showcasing our tiling capabilities diversity and To do this eventually with children of my own underfloor heating systems! It would also enable and let them have the experience of growing up me to hold meetings with high end clients such in a rural discreet environment staying close to as the Wetherspoon’s contractors, as this currently the rest of our family is all I could wish for. feels impossible to do in my mill workers mid terraced house. I run my own tiling business which allows me to be financially comfortable but with the economic I currently live with my girlfriend of 2 years Charlie climate as it is and the way the housing market whose family also reside in Stalybridge. She works is I would find it near impossible to have the with children and is currently taking a course to opportunity to live in such an area if I was unable become a full time teacher. We have recently to complete the build myself. I want to make discussed having children and agreed it not the build as eco-friendly as possible and near on practical in our current home but is something we invisible to nearby properties as I want to live as both want very much and to be able to give them green a lifestyle as possible and pass this passion the best possible start in life. This opportunity onto my children. My intention is therefore to would not only be a dream come true but would create as minimum an impact on the surrounding also allow us to begin our own little family which is landscape and environment as possible. As something that you cannot put a price on. I hope this would be a once in a lifetime opportunity I so much to be able to keep the land in the family envisage living out my life in this property. name and enable generations to experience what I my brother and cousins experienced growing As previously mentioned I run a tiling company up in such a beautiful family friendly area, we have which currently has the contract for all the J D really thought about the way the house will fit Wethersoon’s throughout the country. I want the into the landscape to benefit the visual amenity for the neighbours and the area itself.

The site is located to the southern side of John Street, directly opposite a row of residential properties comprising No’s 58, 60 and 62 John Street.

The site itself contains several buildings, the largest of which is situated close to the road frontage at a lower level. There is an existing gated access point from the road which leads onto a stone flagged area which serves the building complex.

The land has a moderate slope downwards in a Greater Manchester Tameside south easterly direction away from John Street.

Breif. Consultation. The Site is part of an exisitng cluster of buildings. The proposed development aims to bring an in paragraph 55 of the NPPF in demonstrating In order to gauge the views of local residents AKA underused parcel of land back into beneficial use the special circumstances for Green Belt Community carried out individual consultations for the applicant. The design concept is for a low development. direct with the residents of Heyrod by calling at energy building, partially underground, that will their houses to present the proposal. Residents become part of the surrounding landscape. The dwelling is largely screened from the were able to view a copy of the proposed plans surrounding area with the green roof creating a and discuss the project fully. Sustainable materials and construction methods flow from the natural landscape over the structure. will be complemented by a design that There was considerable support for the project incorporates local vernacular building styles with The proposed dwelling will fit in well with character from local residents and over 30 signatures and Heryod Community Centre a contemporary approach to ‘green’ architecture. and appearance of the general landscape and is comments of support were gained. A copy of this The intention is to provide a building that will appropriate to its site and setting. ‘petition’ has been submitted with the planning enable the applicant to pursue a sustainable application, a selection are shown above. Local Shop lifestyle but yet be close to the urban area where The scheme will provide an outstanding example Regular Bus Stop services are available. of sustainable ‘green’ architecture and provide a The Plans were also presented to the Residents unique dwelling within Tameside that will be of Association, on Thurs 24th July, they were The development concept is unique to the site considerable benefit to the image of the Borough. very interested in the scheme, and the and compliant with UDP and NPPF policies. In process. they said they could be contacted on Heyrod, Stalybridge particular it meets the exception criteria set out [email protected] or 07736186347. SilvermanHome Heyrod p8 Site Location © 2014 [email protected] © 2014 [email protected] Consiltation SilvermanHome Heyrod p9 The Site N

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The site has had buildings on it since at least 1950. The Planning permission has been granted for two semi detached units replacing the Barn building, near the proposed site (buid- origernal buildings were much larger than the current ones. ing x on the plan to the left)

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SilvermanHome Heyrod p14 116 sq meter Footprint © 2014 [email protected] © 2014 [email protected] View 2: Sloping site SilvermanHome Heyrod p15 SilvermanHome Heyrod p16 Existing site view © 2014 [email protected] © 2014 [email protected] Proposed Site view SilvermanHome Heyrod p17 35 sq m mezzanine 115 sq m ground floor

SilvermanHome Heyrod p18 Plans 150 sq meters of living space © 2014 [email protected] © 2014 [email protected] Axo of rooms SilvermanHome Heyrod p19 Clay Render Charred Integrated Swallow Timber roosting boxes in soffit Exisiting buildings Solar Chimley Green Roof Exisiting PAS:108 PAS:108 Straw Bales Green Roof Building

SilvermanHome Heyrod p20 Elevation and Section © 2014 [email protected] © 2014 [email protected] Section, With Existing in Red SilvermanHome Heyrod p21 SilvermanHome Heyrod p22 South West View © 2014 [email protected] © 2014 [email protected] South East View SilvermanHome Heyrod p23 Towards Water Neutrality

While the average person in England and Wales Large amounts of surface water run-off can lead uses about 150 litres of water daily in the home, to serious flooding of property and possessions this is only the tip of the iceberg. the govenment where it flows and collects. Causing on average Quango, Waterwise has estimated that the £270 million of damage each year. average person in the uk, consumes over 3,400 litres every day, taking into accout all actions. This strategy puts forward a suite of policies to encourage more effective and sustainable Of the 150 litres of water that the average person management of surface water. DEFRA propose uses each day, 77 litres could come from pumping using surface water management plans as a tool The eaves of the building will be designd to encourage Swallows to nest in them. rainwater or greywater. The use of water treated to improve co-ordination between stakeholders Total water usage in the UK, nearly half is domestic. to a level suitable for personal consumption for involved in surface water drainage, and promoting tasks such as flushing the toilet, washing clothes or sustainable drainage systems by clarifying watering the plants in the garden is unnecessary responsibilities and improving incentives for and wasteful. propertyowners and developers.

Only 7% of the water used in our homes is used Managing surface water more sustainably will for drinking and cooking. Almost one third of the involve increased reuse of water, through rainwater water we use is, after being treated to drinking capture and harvesting; more absorption of water water quality standards, is simply used to flush by the ground and also through increased use of our toilets. green roofs; and increased above-ground storage Rainwater runoff, and exess Graywater will be collected in a pond, which adds to biodiversity. TRUCKPAVE 100% recycled plastic porous pavers are a robust ground reinforcement system for Ponds to the south of glazeing also help ‘bounce’ Light into the home, in the summer this process grass that can withstanding all levels of traffic, up to and including coaches, dustcarts and HGVs. before routing of surface water separate from the takes the heat out of the light, and anables deeper light penetration in the winter. Pressures on our water resources are set to foul sewer system. Below-ground piped systems increase. Population growth and changes in can never be built large enough to cope with the Measures to enhance the environment Habitat Summary household size mean more houses are needed most extreme rainfall events. Water usage in a typical home in the UK, nearly a quater is used for the toilet. Rainwater is soft water and leaves no limescale; 2, Greywater will be used to flush toilets and for Steven Whitcher, MCIEEM. (Whitcher Wildlife Ltd, in some areas where abstraction is not currently washing clothes and hair in soft water requires other non-essential uses, such as, washing bikes assess the potential ecological constraints for the sustainable. Climate change is expected to Increasing the opportunities for capturing and less detergent and so reduces water pollution and vehicles. It is envisaged that a series of reed development of this site. severely worsen the situation with drier, hotter reusing water, for example through rainwater from these compounds. Plants LOVE rainwater. It bed ponds will be constructed enabling greywater summers and more intense and sporadic winter Summary: harvesting in water butts in individual gardens, is doesn’t contain chlorine, which is carcinogenic. and to be filtered and reused in maintaining the rain, and some lower river flows even in winter. No important habitats were found on site, care discussed in on page 21. In addition to making garden. a positive contribution to the supply-demand Greywater should taken when demolishing the exisitng The Water Saving Group (WSG) advise that balance in areas or periods of water scarcity, such Greywater from the dwelling will be recycled and buildings, to make sure no wildlife is disturbed. 3, A further approach is for the proposed green there are opportunities for capturing and using capture could also have benefits for flooding re-used. Essentially, a three-pronged approach to roof for the dwelling to perform a filtering function as a biodiversity enhancement for the site, swallow water, through rainwater harvesting, or reusing and water quality in the natural environment, by greywater recycling will be employed: 1, Water that will also generate water for landscaping nesting opportunities will be included in the water through recycling greywater, which are reducing the amount of excess run-off in urban from the kitchen (including appliances) and new building on the site. The soffit design of the The amount of ‘Clean’ The ammount of Greywater purposes.Aquatic landscaped ponds for collection water needed. that could be used. discussed in Chapter 3 of DEFRA’s Future Water areas. bathroom will be re-used. and graywayer storage. building will allow the provision of swallow nest The water from ‘clean mains water’ can be recycled to flush toilets, effectively. The Government’s Water Strategy for England. boxes incorporated into the building. SilvermanHome Heyrod p24 Reducing Consumption © 2014 [email protected] © 2014 [email protected] Environment SilvermanHome Heyrod p25 Passive Solar Design Fabric First Thermal Mass – This refers to the ability of a material Charred Timber Facard Straw bale Clay Render to store heat energy. Typically in a home this would Non-Polluting Finish Solid Wall Insulation Low- Embodied Energy Passive solar design refers to the use of the sun’s A fabric first approach to housing can eliminate be materials like masonry like brick or rammed earth. energy for the heating and cooling of living the need for renewable energy to meet new-build An example of how thermal mass works is if you spaces. In this approach, the building itself or green standards while reducing costs, according think of an old monolithic 8 inch brick uninsulated some element of it takes advantage of natural to sustainability consultancy C80 Solutions. house. During the day the walls will soak up the heat energy characteristics in materials and air created of the day and that heat will travel through the walls by exposure to the sun. Passive systems are simple, In the ‘Building a Greener Future’ policy statement at a rate of 1 inch per hour. By the end of the day the have few moving parts, and require minimal of 2007, the UK Government announced proposals walls are all charged up with heat which continues to maintenance and require no mechanical systems. for all new homes to be built to “zero carbon” travel into the interior of the house keeping it warm standards by 2016 throughout the night. As the night air cools the Operable windows, thermal mass, and thermal house from the exterior at rate of 1 inch per hour, the chimneys are common elements found in passive The Fabric first approach does this by prioritising heat in the walls continue to keep the interior warm for 8 hours until the morning when the warmth of design. Operable windows are simply windows energy efficiency improvements to the building the previous day is finally exhausted. But now the that can be opened. Thermal mass refers to envelope through: increasing overall levels of walls relese the cool of the night and pour it into the materials such as masonry and water that can insulation; reducing thermal bridging; and making house all day long cooling the occupants during the store heat energy for extended time. Thermal buildings more airtight. hot day, this is known as the the Thermal Flywheel mass will prevent rapid temperature fluctuations. Effect. While this brick home can naturally regulate Thermal chimneys create or reinforce the effect . Building fabric U-values it’s temperature you can imagine how cold it might . Thermal bridging hot air rising to induce air movement for cooling get in the winter after a series of cold sunless days. purposes. . Air permeability . Thermal mass Insulation – This refers to the ability of a material to . Metabolic, lighting, solar & appliance gains slow down the transfer of heat energy. Typically in a home made from Kingspan foam, or Straw Bales. A home made of Straw Bales, is filled with tubes of straw traping air between them, essentially a natural ‘Bubble Wrap’. This 50cm of Insulation protects the inside the house from the temperature changes outside, as no eneergy can travel through the meterial, as energy cannot travel through the air easily. Mixing the two is the basis of passive solar design. The goal is to have a home that heats and cools itself naturally without much help from artificial heating by mixing materials that store heat energy and those that slow down heat transfer. Ideally the masonry has layers of external insulation to help lock in the heat it gains from the sun. SilvermanHome Heyrod p26 Reducing Consumption © 2014 [email protected] © 2014 [email protected] Materials SilvermanHome Heyrod p27 Imagine a structure with a blend of insulated and Building with re-used material: why use tyres? The government’s then chief scientist and Materials to enhance the environment chairman of the Royal Society, Sir David King, The disposal of used vehicle tyres is a emphasized the need for the development We have seen changes in building technology problem in the UK. July 2006 witnessed the of what he describes as ‘smart’ buildings; as a result of climate change, solar panels, implementation in of the EU Landfill Directive ones that can consume their own rubbish water harvesting, green building materials etc. 1999/31/EC banning the disposal of all waste and power themselves, with an emphasis on However, no other green building technology tyres and their components to landfill. In 2004 dwellings reducing their overall impact on offers as many benefits and opportunities as alone there were, according to DTI statistics, the environment. Earthships ‘swallow waste’ Green roofing. approximately 48 million waste tyres generated by actually using it as an integral part of the in the UK. building’s structure. Green roofs offer a rare opportunity to The Hampole tyre dump, near Doncaster. The stockpiling of used tyres represents a improve building efficiency and aesthetics. The underlying philosophy is re-using wherever significant amount of material for which This is because they help the environment by possible that which has been discarded by alternative uses must be found. One way to improving insulation, enhancing biodiversity, others. While the buildings will not entirely be reuse these spent tyres is as a building material. reducing water runoff, and looking beautiful. constructed from waste, a theme of reusing Pre-existing earthships at Brighton and Fife It had also been shown to increase the life waste on site will prevail. We aim to question feature the extensive use of rammed earth expectancy of the waterproofing layer that is the status quo in terms of thinking about other tyres in their construction. Reusing materials is needed under all green roofs. purposes for ‘rubbish’ and recycling. At just over always a more efficient use of resources than a metre in thickness, earthship tyre walls are recycling as it uses less energy. The tyre is an Building with tyres. three to four times thicker than conventional ideal recyclable material: walls meaning that conventional foundations 1) a generic design enables a uniform and are not required, saving on heavy construction consistent building material; techniques. 2) tyres can be used for building without any chemical modification and High levels of insulation are crucial to the 3) the reasons that make tyres difficult to functioning of earthships along with the passive dispose of and a problem to society make solar capacity of the building. Covering the them an ideal durable building material. tyre bales internally in a layer of adobe creates insulated thermal mass, enabling the structure From April 2005, The Waste and Resources Fitting electrics into a tyre wall. to soak up and store large amounts of energy Action Programme (WRAP) implemented a from the sun. This energy is retained by the walls Tyre Programme to “break down the barriers to and ‘radiated’ back into the building at night. the collection, segregation and reprocessing With space heating forming approximately of waste tyres, to develop alternative end uses 60% of the average UK household’s energy for the recovered material and to develop their use, earthships eliminate, or at the very least markets”. WRAP commended and recognised substantially reduce energy usage thanks to the use of tyres in the construction of earthships efficient thermal massing and passive solar and roads. capacity. SilvermanHome Heyrod p28 PAS:108 © 2014 [email protected] © 2014 [email protected] Green Roof SilvermanHome Heyrod p29 For any further infomation Please email or call Deramore:

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