Portfolio Categories: RESIDENTIAL
Harehills Site Redevelopment
Following successful reconfiguration of the existing building IDC are involved in Phase 2 of this mixed use development in north Leeds.
The site is presently occupied by an MOT and vehicle servicing business that will relocate to an alternative part of he site. The plot of land that remains will be re-developed to provide three retail units at ground floor level and 11 residential apartments on the 3 upper floors.
Key to the success of this project is simplicity and efficient delivery and as such IDC has responded by deigning a simple traditionally constructed load-bearing masonry building with minimal but considered decoration.
The benefits to the local community are significant and the building has been designed to positively contribute to improvements in parking, access, employment and visual aesthetic.
Location: Leeds
Key Aspects: Architecture, Project Management
Zero Carbon House
This one-off, dwelling is considered to be exceptional on the basis that it integrates the most up to date technologies to take the house off grid (zero carbon).
The design creates a two storey dwelling which incorporates the natural environment as part of its overall concept, therefore avoiding compromising the openness of the landscape, and can rightly be judged as an outstanding example of site specific contemporary design.
Robust, modern detailing & use of low maintenance high quality facing materials throughout will ensure that the development weathers well and remains visually appealing in all climatic conditions. The building form is divided vertically to reduce the overall linearity of the scheme and to frame individual components of it – Lounge, Bedrooms, Office. Views from each space will be framed. As such it is intended that the dwelling is observed as sectional albeit retaining its visual coherence.
Location: Bolton, Lancashire
Key Aspects: Architecture, Sustainability, Planning
Zero Carbon House
The clients challenge was to develop a wholly sustainable family eco house, incorporating local materials and maximising the natural environment into which the property is to be built.
The proposed residence, located in Chorley Lancashire, will be carbon neutral and achieve Code Level 6 of the ‘Code for Sustainable Homes’. In order to achieve this, the house will be positioned and detailed to reduce energy consumption whilst minimising over-heating through solar gain.
The building incorporates ancillary accommodation within the created roof space, living space at ground floor level and bedrooms at the lower ground floor level. The building is centred upon a spine wall of rough hewn coursed natural stone that threads its way through the building both externally and internally. This concept is a visual interpretation of the local vernacular and ensures that visually the building sits low in the site and encourages the landscape to mature around and over it.
Location: Chorley
Key Aspects: Architecture, Sustainability, Planning
Church Site Development
This small master planning project sees the redevelopment of a Church Site within close proximity of the urban centre of Norwich. The principal aim of the project is to maximise the potential of the entire site by proposing a mix-use development, encompassing a range of community assets, residential plots and special care facilities.
The specific built elements of each option put forward included: church redevelopment and extensions, semi detached houses, affordable social housing, residential care home, doctors surgery, community sports facility and a strategic paved links across the site.
The process involved a significant amount of client and public engagement to understand the requirements of the local area. An urban analysis procedure was also undertaken to be able to position the various development options within a wider commercial and public aspect.
Location: Norwich
Key Aspects: Architecture, Master Planning, Planning, Finance
