Awards: Round Two, March 2005: Repeatable Box; Plug-in Living Extension
Repeatable box, plug-in living extension;
design/prefabricated sections for housing
Newcastle upon Tyne
Client
xsite architecture and Cobalt Studios Ltd
Artists
Cobalt Studios Ltd.
Kathryn Hodgkinson, Effie Burns, Ben Atkinson, Mark Collett
Project partners
National Glass Centre, Sunderland
Andrew Guest, Director, Northern Architecture
Mathew Lennon, Public Arts Officer, Newcastle City Council, Newcastle
upon Tyne
Matthew Jarratt, Commissions Adviser, Commissions North,
PROJECT Award
Exploration Award £5,000
Value of design phase
£10,000
Estimated value of construction phase
To be confirmed
Project description
The project aims to research the feasibility of realising a
ėrepeatable box, plug-in living extension' as a discreet, modern living
space fitted within traditional Victorian and Edwardian housing in Newcastle
upon Tyne. The project brings together a range of partners: xsite architects,
Cobalt Studios Ltd, the National Glass Centre in Sunderland , Northern
Architecture and Commissions North.
The proposed research aims to explore the viability of creating (plug-in) open-plan living within the limitations of traditional Victorian housing stock and the ėTyneside flat typology unique to the North East.' In material terms, the functional uses and limitations of glass will be appraised, together with new technologies for prefabrication and energy conservation in order to achieve a practical prototype of ėa repeatable box' capable of being marketed and commercially produced.
Further details
Tim Bailey, xsite architecture, 10 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 6QG
Tel: 0191 245 3847; Mobile: 0774 0186716; Email: [email protected]
www.xsitearchitecture.co.uk