Patch Elm Lane

by Mitchell Eley Gould

Client Veya Homes

Award RIBA South West & Wessex Award 2024

With these four new houses in South Gloucestershire, the developer client has shown that well-designed, low-carbon housing can be built at a viable commercial cost. The architects worked with the developer over a five year period to develop a modular timber system that offers more flexibility than typical prefabricated panel systems. To add to the challenge, the team tried to source materials from within the UK, and as close to the site as possible. The project is actually a way of thinking, a body of research and the development of a system, of which the houses at Patch Elm Lane are the first fruits.

Read the full citation from the RIBA Awards Jury on RIBA Journal.

Contractor Veya Homes

Environmental / M&E Engineer Greengauge

Structural Engineer Hydrock

Planning Rackham Planning

Gross internal area in m² 496