Design of a passive house for the construction of a 160m2 family house in the countryside outside the town of Albi, comprising 3 bedrooms, a dressing room, an open kitchen / living room, an office space, a laundry room and a garage.

Designed to meet Passive House specifications and certification. High insulation, low thermal bridge, airtight construction details and energy efficient HVAC system. Use of materials and equipment certified by the Passive House Institute (PHI).

The house is carefully positioned on the land to maximize solar gain in winter while maintaining adequate shading devices for the summer months. Solar panels for electricity, rainwater collection and storage tanks and a natural reed bed system for wastewater have been incorporated into the design.

 170m2 4 bedroom family house, timber frame and insulated with straw bales, built on woodland  on the outskirts of a small town near Toulouse. The land is sloped and pier foundations were used to minimise the foundation footprint. 

The building benefits from an exceptional thermal  insulation using 45cm thick, tightly packed strawbales in the walls, floor and roof. Unfired clay bricks were used for interior walls to increase thermal mass, helping to balance energy requirements. 

The floor joists and roof timbers have been carefully designed to take account of the extra depth requirements  for the strawbales,including ventilation gap. The timber frame was fabricated on site from locally sourced trees.

A uniquely shaped vacation rental home in South West France is designed in a spiral or snail shape.

With a total area of 100m2 on 2 floors and comprising an open kitchen and a living room with a small bathroom on the ground floor and 2 bedrooms upstairs.

The use of a harmonious combination of natural materials designed to complement each other creates a living space that is both aesthetic and highly thermally insulated.

A Douglas fir wood structure, the walls are constructed with bundles of straw attached to the structure, with an earth plaster finish applied inside and out.

The roof is covered with traditional thatch, with a wooden lattice support attached to the rafters.

The building faces south to maximize solar gain, while a small wood-burning stove is used to provide additional heating and hot water.

A large 1960s modernist style house that requiring a complete renovation, including conversion of the large attic space into living quarters with the addition of Velux windows.

The exterior garden space was totally landscaped and replanted, including exterior lighting and power + watering points. 

Interior completly renovated and modernized , creating a beautiful sytlish and comfortable home.

This is a design and presentation proposal for a 400m2 commercial music recording centre comprising 3 recording studios, 2 teaching rooms, a reception and shop area, offices and technical rooms.

The buildings design is aimed to maximise the use of natural building materials and sustainable technologies helping to create a healthy and comfortable working environment as well as reduce day to day running costs.

The out walls use large dense straw bales for their natural thermal and acoustic properties, required to isolate the building phonically from the buildings external environment.

Careful detailing based on specialised acoustical design ensures that the natural and conventional materials and techniques are combined effectively to achieve the high level of professional acoustical standards qualities required for a modern recording facility.

Compact layout providing for an initimate and special studio music recording environement with the use of natural building materials, Wood, strawbales, earth and lime plaster.

A recording studio + control room, office , reception area and shop space.

The physical properties of the strawbale walls and natural materials used provides for ideal accoustic treament and phonic insulation.