Developing the Brighton waste house: from zero waste to on site re-use of waste

Duncan Baker-Brown

doi:10.5445/IR/1000051699

Developing the Brighton waste house: from zero waste to on site re-use of waste

University of Brighton

Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Conference contribution with ISSN or ISBN › peer-review

Abstract

This paper considers two linked architectural projects designed and delivered by the author. The first considered the challenges associated with designing and building a energy efficient prefabricated dwelling in just six days, using predominately locally sourced, organic, ‘compostable’ materials whilst creating no waste on site. 5 million viewers a night on UK TV saw this program. However, frustrated by the lack of credible communication of the challenges associated with this project that the medium of TV provided, the author was keen to re-build this project on campus at the University of Brighton where he taught, so that he could involve students in all aspects of the process, thus sharing the learning experience and proving that ‘live’ construction projects could be a useful pedagogic tool. This paper considers why the design emphasis of the second project went from ‘locking carbon’ and zero waste on site, to constructing with waste and proving “that there is no such thing as waste just stuff in the wrong place”. http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/business-and-community/wastehouse

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2016 in Hamburg: Strategies, Stakeholders, Success factors
Place of Publication	Hamburg
Pages	342-351
Number of pages	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000051699
Publication status	Published - 14 Mar 2016
Event	Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2016 in Hamburg: Strategies, Stakeholders, Success factors - University of the Built Environment Hamburg Germany, 7-11 March 2016 Duration: 14 Mar 2016 → …

Conference

Conference	Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2016 in Hamburg: Strategies, Stakeholders, Success factors
Period	14/03/16 → …

Bibliographical note

This Proceedings are published under the following Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Keywords

Re-use
sustainable materials
collaborative learning

Access to Document

10.5445/IR/1000051699Licence: Unspecified

SBE16Hamburg_ConferenceProceedings (1).pdfFinal published version, 176 KBLicence: CC BY-NC-SA

http://www.sbe16hamburg.org/Licence: Unspecified

Duncan Baker-Brown
- D.Baker-brownbrighton.acuk
Person: Academic

Cite this

@inproceedings{0ae9ec14f72b4e688ccb67738ddba80d,

title = "Developing the Brighton waste house: from zero waste to on site re-use of waste",

abstract = "This paper considers two linked architectural projects designed and delivered by the author. The first considered the challenges associated with designing and building a energy efficient prefabricated dwelling in just six days, using predominately locally sourced, organic, {\textquoteleft}compostable{\textquoteright} materials whilst creating no waste on site. 5 million viewers a night on UK TV saw this program. However, frustrated by the lack of credible communication of the challenges associated with this project that the medium of TV provided, the author was keen to re-build this project on campus at the University of Brighton where he taught, so that he could involve students in all aspects of the process, thus sharing the learning experience and proving that {\textquoteleft}live{\textquoteright} construction projects could be a useful pedagogic tool. This paper considers why the design emphasis of the second project went from {\textquoteleft}locking carbon{\textquoteright} and zero waste on site, to constructing with waste and proving “that there is no such thing as waste just stuff in the wrong place”. http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/business-and-community/wastehouse",

keywords = "Re-use, sustainable materials, collaborative learning",

author = "Duncan Baker-Brown",

note = "This Proceedings are published under the following Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2016 in Hamburg: Strategies, Stakeholders, Success factors ; Conference date: 14-03-2016",

year = "2016",

month = mar,

day = "14",

doi = "10.5445/IR/1000051699",

language = "English",

isbn = "9783000522130",

pages = "342--351",

booktitle = "Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2016 in Hamburg: Strategies, Stakeholders, Success factors",

}

Baker-Brown, D 2016, Developing the Brighton waste house: from zero waste to on site re-use of waste. in Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2016 in Hamburg: Strategies, Stakeholders, Success factors. Hamburg, pp. 342-351, Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2016 in Hamburg: Strategies, Stakeholders, Success factors, 14/03/16. https://doi.org/10.5445/IR/1000051699

TY - GEN

T1 - Developing the Brighton waste house: from zero waste to on site re-use of waste

AU - Baker-Brown, Duncan

N1 - This Proceedings are published under the following Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

PY - 2016/3/14

Y1 - 2016/3/14

N2 - This paper considers two linked architectural projects designed and delivered by the author. The first considered the challenges associated with designing and building a energy efficient prefabricated dwelling in just six days, using predominately locally sourced, organic, ‘compostable’ materials whilst creating no waste on site. 5 million viewers a night on UK TV saw this program. However, frustrated by the lack of credible communication of the challenges associated with this project that the medium of TV provided, the author was keen to re-build this project on campus at the University of Brighton where he taught, so that he could involve students in all aspects of the process, thus sharing the learning experience and proving that ‘live’ construction projects could be a useful pedagogic tool. This paper considers why the design emphasis of the second project went from ‘locking carbon’ and zero waste on site, to constructing with waste and proving “that there is no such thing as waste just stuff in the wrong place”. http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/business-and-community/wastehouse

AB - This paper considers two linked architectural projects designed and delivered by the author. The first considered the challenges associated with designing and building a energy efficient prefabricated dwelling in just six days, using predominately locally sourced, organic, ‘compostable’ materials whilst creating no waste on site. 5 million viewers a night on UK TV saw this program. However, frustrated by the lack of credible communication of the challenges associated with this project that the medium of TV provided, the author was keen to re-build this project on campus at the University of Brighton where he taught, so that he could involve students in all aspects of the process, thus sharing the learning experience and proving that ‘live’ construction projects could be a useful pedagogic tool. This paper considers why the design emphasis of the second project went from ‘locking carbon’ and zero waste on site, to constructing with waste and proving “that there is no such thing as waste just stuff in the wrong place”. http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/business-and-community/wastehouse

KW - Re-use

KW - sustainable materials

KW - collaborative learning

U2 - 10.5445/IR/1000051699

DO - 10.5445/IR/1000051699

M3 - Conference contribution with ISSN or ISBN

SN - 9783000522130

SP - 342

EP - 351

BT - Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2016 in Hamburg: Strategies, Stakeholders, Success factors

CY - Hamburg

T2 - Sustainable Built Environment Conference 2016 in Hamburg: Strategies, Stakeholders, Success factors

Y2 - 14 March 2016

ER -

Developing the Brighton waste house: from zero waste to on site re-use of waste

Abstract

Conference

Bibliographical note

Keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Profiles

Duncan Baker-Brown

Cite this