Best Conservation, Alteration or Extension of an Existing Building – Over £2m Construction Costs
In this category, there is one winning scheme and one commendation.
Winner: The Entopia Building
Client: University of Cambridge
User Client: The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
Lead Architect, Passivhaus Designer, Carbon Consultant, Client Advisor: Architype
Photographs: Architype/Jack Hobhouse
Photographs Titled: Architype/SOLK Photography Ltd
Building Sponsor: Envision Energy
Project Manager: 3Pm
Cost consultant: Gardiner and Theobald
Contractor: ISG
Delivery Architect: Fielden + Mawson
Services Engineer: BDP and Max Fordham
Passivhaus Designer: Max Fordham
Structural Engineer: BDP and CAR
Interior Design: Eve Waldron Design
Passivhaus and EnerPhit Certifiers: Mead Consulting
Judges’ Comments
“This is a clear winner, showing how retrofit and refurbishment can, with determination and skill, achieve extraordinarily high environmental standards. All parties: the client, architect and contractors are commended for not only setting but maintaining the vision for an exemplary and game-changing approach. The aim from the start was to feel normal while being deep green. The process has been recorded and operating standards are being closely monitored with the aim that others can both copy and better it.”
