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The homes have achieved BREEAM
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Parkland, with an extensive series of pedestrian and cycle paths, link the neighbouring developments with each other, as well as the city
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The development is made up of a number of house types of differing sizes and room layouts, affordable, rented and private residencies
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The site is just over three hectares in size and will accommodate 145 dwellings on completion
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Living spaces are light and airy, with large windows
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A number of housetypes make up the streetscene, making a lively and interesting environment
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The prefabricated component parts for each building are transported to site on a single flat bed truck
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Efficient zoned services area and a common service spine gives servicing flexibility and maximises use of space
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Oxley Woods
Richard Rogers Partnership. Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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Name of work in English
Oxley Woods
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Name of work in original language
Oxley Woods
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2009
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Work Location
Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
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Studio
Richard Rogers Partnership
EUmies Awards 2009 Nominees
Collaborators
Promoter: English Partnerships; Others: Wood Newton; Environmental: RYBKA; Landscape architect: Gillespies LLP; Project management: Anser; Accessibility: David Bonnett Associates; Environmental: Nuaire
Program
Collective housing
Completion
2008
English Partnerships and the ODPM launched the Design for Manufacture competition in 2005, with the aim of building high-quality homes at a construction cost of £60,000. The focus of the competition was to encourage architects and house builders to work together to achieve this. Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partner's (RSHP s) response was to develop a generic house type that can be adapted to suit any location and site constraint using modern methods of construction. An emphasis is placed on the potential of adapting houses to suit their occupants' lifestyle changes and family sizes. This mix of tenure and adaptability will create an accessible and adaptable community that can reflect and accommodate change over time.
RSHP's approach pulls together house parts that are small and complex in nature into a highly standardised and thoroughly tested unit. The serviced spaces & including bathrooms, kitchens and heating/lighting centres & are standardised across the range of proposed house types and, along with the façades and 'EcoHats', are manufactured off site and transported to site for assembly. The remainder of the space is treated as a highly flexible shell, unencumbered by services and structural peculiarities. Through variations in cladding, the houses are able to have many variants to adjust to the vernacular of the area by appropriating colours and textures typical of the surrounding area. The flexibility of cladding, living space, roof orientation and fenestration enable the houses to be located at any site, while at the same time being specific to the site.
RSHP, in conjunction with George Wimpey Plc, was one of six winning partnerships,and was awarded the Oxley Park site, close to Milton Keynes, after a three-stage competition. The site is just over three hectares in size and will have 145 dwellings on it, providing a mixture of affordable housing and larger private dwellings in two and three storey houses around a central high street.