Regenerative Design

Resources related to regenerative design and architecture.

1. Regenerative Development and Design A Framework for Evolving Sustainability (Pamela Mang, Ben Haggard, Regenesis)
2. Regenerative design and development case studies (Regenesis Group)

Companies and Contacts

• The Regenesis Institute
• SEED Communities
• Bioregion

Earth Building

Resources related to building with Earth.

1. Earth Construction: A Comprehensive Guide by Hubert Guillaud and Hugo Houben
2. Types of Earth Floors from an England based builder The Earth Floor Company
3. Drawings of earth wall build-ups on the Ulenberg website

Case Studies and Significant Projects

• The Village Nursery, Bellingdon by Gernot Minke
• Llamacroft by Janna & Seb Laan Lomas
• The Rammed Earth Lecture Hall
• The Continuum of Earth by Becky Little
• Earth Floor in the Goodbye Horses by Jeffrey The Natural Builder

Companies and contacts:

• Earth Building UK and Ireland (EBUKI)
• Rammed Earth Consulting
• Jeffrey The Natural Builder
• Will Stanwix, the Hempcrete Guy (but he does a lot of work with Earth)
• Unearthed Natural Plasters

Regenerative Agriculture

Resources related to Regenerative Agriculture (which is different to regenerative design).

1. Data and information on biodiversity in Europe.

Companies and contacts

• reNature [I haven’t had the chance to work with them]

Humanitarian Shelter

Resources related to Humanitarian Shelter.

1. Sphere Standards, standards for emergencies (The Sphere Project)

2. An overview of Shelter After Disaster (Shelter Centre)

3. Post-disaster shelter: Ten designs (IFRC)

4. Transitional Shelter 8 Designs (IFRC)

Companies and contacts

• The Sphere

Material Selection

Resources related to selecting low impact, healthy materials.

1. Natural material details, suppliers and sources on the ACAN Natural Materials Detail Library
2. Information and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) on materials (2050 Materials)
3. Guides on using healthy, low impact materials (Healthy Materials Lab)

Fire

Resources related to fire design.

1. Dataholz.eu details for timber construction and fire

Companies and contacts

• Dataholz.eu
• Fire Protection Associaiton (FPA)

Ecology

Resources related to Ecology.

1. Information on Urban/City Ecology and Design (Rewild My Street)
2. Data and information on biodiversity in the UK DEFRA MAGIC Map
3. Data and information on biodiversity in Europe (The Biodiversity information system for Europe)
4. BirdNet phone app to identify birds from recordings.

Timber

Resources related to using Timber generally.

1. Case Studies on Timber Projects (TDUK)
2. Span to depth tables for joists, rafters and purlins (Timber Beam Calculator)
3. Timber Product Life Cycle Information (Wood for Good)
4. Reuse of Timber (InFutURe Wood)
5. Information on Timber Fire Safety

Resources related to using CLT.

1. The CLT Handbook on using CLT (Swedish Wood)
2. CLT case studies by Waugh Thistleton

Resources related to timber connections.

1. Rothoblaas Connection catalogues

Companies and Contacts

• The Grain Architecture Llamacroft has some drawings detailing good suspended floors, larsen truss walls and eaves
• Timber Development UK
• Think Wood

Geotechnical

Resources related to geology.

1. UK Borehole records (British Geological Survey, BGS)

Climate Emergency

Resources related to the climate emergency.

1. LETI Climate Emergency Design Guide

Companies and contacts

• Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN)
• LETI

Masonry

Resources related to masonry.

1. Brickwork and Modern Methods of Construction (BDA)

Companies and contacts

• Brick Development Association (BDA)

Acoustics

Resources related to acoustics.

1. Site noise levels using Extrium England Noise and Air Quality Viewer