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Hanham Hall

by HTA DESIGNS in Bristol, UK

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Author HTA DESIGNS

City Bristol

Country UK

Year 2023

Program Residential development

Technical Info

Site area 66000 sqm

Gfa 0 sqm

Density 0 far

Population density 0 inh/ha

Home Units: 185

Jobs 0

Streetsroad: 0 %

Buildup: 0 %

NonBuild-up: 0 %

Residential 0 %

Business 0 %

Commercial 0 %

Civic 0 %

Description

Site and Context

Adjoining the green belt, Hanham Hall is bordered by suburban housing with green belt restrictions that protect views of the Hanham Hills. This meant that more than a third of the site could not be built on.
The development is located in the grounds of a former hospital, making it historically significant and influencing its layout and design.

Masterplan and Layout

The layout is structured around green spaces featuring allotments, orchards, hedges, ponds, cycle, and walking routes to create a sustainable, communal living environment.
Commercial and community uses are centered in the refurbished Hall, including spaces for crèche, offices, café, retail, and meeting rooms for civic and community groups.
Roads have shared surfaces to encourage pedestrian and cyclist priority, with connections to cycle paths to reduce car use.
Street parking is discreet.
The plan includes a variety of housing, from one-bedroom flats to five-bedroom houses, arranged in terraces, semi-detached, and detached.

Sustainability Features

First large-scale housing scheme in England to meet the 2016 Zero-Carbon standard.
The development is Code Level 6 compliant, homes are significantly better in energy performance than current UK building regulations.
The homes are constructed from factory-made elements. SIPS panels were used for cutting-edge construction, meeting the Zero-Carbon targets.
A new energy center provides site-wide energy.
The historic Hanham Hall building has been refurbished to meet the highest sustainable office standards, and it now functions as a community and employment facility.
The development integrates with existing ecology and landscape, with allotments, orchards, and communal green areas.

Architectural Design

Maximized daylight and space, with window orientations optimized for natural lighting.
Living rooms open onto balconies or verandahs, overlooking shared gardens and public spaces.
The exterior timber shading.
Homes are 10% larger than typical open-market housing
The usable volume of the homes is maximized.
Each house type has a flexible floor plan.

Community and Social Aspects

A Community Interest Company (CIC) manages the buildings and grounds.
This structure promotes community initiatives such as car-sharing clubs, gardening groups, and walking school buses.

Green Spaces and Amenities

3.7 hectares of meadows, orchards, and allotments.
A new park connects the community to greenhouses, an apiary, children's play spaces, a village green, formal gardens, a swale and pond, and private gardens or balconies for all homes.
Enhanced biodiversity.