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Location: Leah Gardens, Eastleigh
Client: Eastleigh Borough Council
Value: £16.5m
Status: Completed May 2019
Leah Gardens
Leah Gardens is a development of 94 homes, designed for Eastleigh Borough Council to provide sustainable, well designed homes for local people. The development was designed to be highly energy efficient in order to help reduce fuel poverty and improve health.
All the homes were designed to achieve a minimum of Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes, and five units were designed to Passivhaus Standards. ArchitecturePLB acted as Passivhaus Designer and the units were certified in December 2018.
ArchitecturePLB worked closely with EBC and development partners VIVID to create an urban design framework for the scheme which addressed a number of complex issues and responded to input from the local community. The development is a mix of private and affordable rented homes in a range of types to meet local needs.
In acting as Passivhaus Designer, ArchitecturePLB worked closely with the contractor, Drew Smith Ltd, to ensure that the rigorous design standards for the Passivhaus dwellings could be robustly delivered on site.
The houses were modelled in PHPP as a single block, which led to advantages in the building’s thermal performance and as far as possible, the same materials were used across the site, ensuring that the Passivhaus dwellings knitted into the overall scheme.
The initial outline planning application for the 2.5Ha brownfield site was unanimously approved by Planning Committee just 6 weeks after submission. The subsequent reserved matters application was undertaken in partnership with the contractor and ensured value for money was maintained.
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