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21/04/2010

Willmott Dixon Team Up With Kevin McCloud To Create A Sustainable Community

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Willmott Dixon Housing is to carry out a £4 million housing project in north Swindon that will feature in a TV programme presented by Kevin McCloud as an example of creating sustainable communities with well-designed, environmentally–friendly housing.

Called the Triangle, it is being developed in a joint venture between Hab Oakus, a residential development company established by Kevin McCloud, and the housing group GreenSquare. The site is a former caravan storage area and plant nursery just off Northern Road in Swindon.

The development, a mix of sustainable code level four and five homes, consists of 42 units for rent, shared ownership and private sale for Wiltshire-based client Westlea Housing Association.
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Designed by Glenn Howells Architects, and landscape architects Studio Engleback, the Triangle is part of Kevin McCloud's vision to create housing supports sustainable lifestyles, with open public spaces, rainwater recycling and kitchen garden areas where residents can grow their own vegetables.

The energy efficient development also makes use of traditional eco-friendly techniques and materials such as a hemp wall filling with lime plaster, rainwater recycling and air source heat pumps.

Willmott Dixon Housing won the contract in competitive tender from Westlea Housing Association.

The project will take a year to complete, with television company talkbackTHAMES producing and filming it. Kevin McCloud, who developed the concept for the entire project, will present the show, which will feature the step-by-step process of creating environmentally–friendly housing in a suburban location.

(CD/GK)

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