Waste House
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Waste House is a building on the University of Brighton campus in the centre of Brighton on the south coast of England. It was built between 2012 and 2014 as a project involving hundreds of students and apprentices and was designed by Duncan Baker-Brown, an architect who also lectures at the university. The materials consist of a wide range of construction industry and household waste—from toothbrushes and old jeans to VHS cassettes and bicycle inner tubes—and it is the first public building in Europe to be built primarily of such products. "From a distance [resembling] an ordinary contemporary town house",[8] Waste House is designed to be low-energy and sustainable, and will be in continuous use as a test-bed for the university's design, architecture and engineering students. The building has won several awards and was shortlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stephen Lawrence Prize in September 2015.
Waste House | |
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Location in central Brighton | |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Architectural style | Contemporary (Sustainable) |
Address | University of Brighton Faculty of Arts, 58–67 Grand Parade, Brighton BN2 0JY |
Town or city | Brighton and Hove |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 50.823547°N 0.134809°W / 50.823547; -0.134809 |
Groundbreaking | 26 November 2012 |
Construction started | May 2013 |
Completed | April 2014 |
Opening | 10 June 2014 |
Cost | £140,000 |
Owner | University of Brighton |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 2 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Duncan Baker-Brown |
Architecture firm | BBM Sustainable Design |
Main contractor | Mears Group |
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