Located on a brown-field site on Bermondsey Street in London, Carmarthen Place SE1 incorporates sustainable building practices, historic vernacular and contextual sympathy into a prefabricated, timber clad urban infill project.  Designed by architect Emma Doherty with AiR, the project consists of two 2-bedroom homes and an artist’s studio. 

An innovative solid wood panel system was chosen for its total cassette system panels complete with insulation, breather membranes, batons, cladding and pre-fitted fenestration and doors.  The large panels were craned, erected and bolted together on-site in just 12 days.  The laminated solid wood panels are 100mm thick and form the breathable structural skeleton of the building as well as the finished interior surface.  Internal staircases were made on-site using English Oak and are bathed in light piercing through double height voids covered in glass.  Deep set windows and boxed protrusions give framed views on the top two floors while high-level windows on the ground floor create a sense of privacy.  Complete with a sedum green roof, Carmarthen Place SE1 is the first project in the UK to be developed using Riko’s sustainable system.

The project received a Best Offsite award at The Wood Awards.

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