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Architects: Material Cultures, Practice Architecture
- Area: 100 m²
- Year: 2019
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Photographs:Oskar Proctor
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Manufacturers: HG Matthews, Henry Stringer, JJ I Joists, Margent Farm, Material Cultures, Smarts
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Lead Architect: Paloma Gormley
Text description provided by the architects. Situated at Margent Farm, a rural R+D facility developing bio-plastics with hemp and flax, Flat House is a ground breaking radically low embodied carbon house. The three bedroom house was designed with the aim of prototyping pre-fabricated sustainable hemp-based construction to be applied to larger scales of house-construction. Working closely with engineers and material specialists we developed a prefabricated panel infilled with hemp grown on 20 acres of the farm. The elements were raised into place in just two days.
