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Institute for Prototypical Housing

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Student Yuto Ikeda
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Unit UG8
Year 2

In this showroom and laboratory for future homes, radical approaches to new construction methods are fabricated, tested, and showcased. Located across from the Houses of Parliament, the Institute is intended as a new landmark for London’s changing built environment.

Recognising that any sea-change in human habits typically needs be proactively encouraged through demonstration and uptake, the building weaves a public journey through workshops and prototyping labs, championing the early-adoption of new technologies and protocols in sustainable urban living.

Construction Prototyping

The material, structural, and formal language of the building has been developed through a series of iterative construction prototypes to explore alternative methods of forming large spans and lightweight envelopes.

Ground and First Floor Plans

Methods of Massing

The organisation of the building was tested at a variety of scales to ensure that the overall massing could achieve a ‘landmark’ without compromising the functioning of the workshop spaces.

Long and Short Sections

The rigging tower provides verticality to an otherwise low-rise mass. At the top sits a viewing deck and conference suite overlooking the operations of the wider campus.

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The Bartlett
Summer Show 2021
23 July – 07 August 2021
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