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A scheme developed by a housing co-operative, in partnership with a specialist RSL (Registered Social Landlord), in which future tenants were fully involved in the design and management of the housing. The project comprises two storey terraces of family houses at relatively high density on an urban site. There was a limited amount of reclamation/recycling within the context of a range of sustainable features.
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| Developer | Harlow Park Housing Co-operative in partnership with CDS (a RSL specialising in sponsoring tenant co-operatives) |
| Architect |
Phase 1 - Architype
Phase 2 - Parry Boardman and Morris |
| Engineer | John Willoughby (Services) |
| Contractor | Warwick Construction |
| Other consultant | Perrin Taylor Hayman (Quantity Surveyor) |
| Location | Liverpool Postal District 8 |
| Dwellings |
phase 1 - 23 two-storey houses
phase 2 - 10 houses |
| Completion | 1998 |
| Targets |
100% of bricks to be reclaimed
All insulation to be of recycled material |
| Materials |
Recycled newspaper insulation (‘Warmcell’)
Reclaimed bricks |
| Materials selection | Red bricks from any source |
| Sources |
Bricks from any available source at contractors discretion
Insulation manufactured |
| Comments | Bricks - high rejection rate, sourced from long distances led to use of new bricks on phase 2 |
| Other green features |
Tenant co-op, user participation
Aimed to achieve low embodied energy construction Materials from sustainable sources Gray water recycling |
| References | www.sustainablehomes.co.uk/indexgp.htm (under CDS Housing Association) |
| Contacts |
Inger Leach, CDS Housing, 0151 708 0674
www.cdshousing.org.uk |