Images: Feildon Clegg BradleyArchitect: Feildon Clegg Bradley Studios
One Brighton aims to be zero waste and zero carbon and has been able to learn from and build on the successes of BedZED. Unlike Bed ZED, One Brighton seems to not be interested in overt 'green' styling. "Inadvertently, green design and the funky, or whatever you want to call it, architecture of BedZED started to be seen as synonymous...We went with the humanistic modernism that FCB does so well"- Halsell quoted in RIBA Journal(August September 09)
172 units, 19 studios, commercial space on the ground floor
Cycling: built in bicycle storage, connected to existing cycleways
Driving: car parking is only provided for disabled and car club vehicles to discourage individual car ownership
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Waste: Five colour coded chutes to sort recycling, with an on-site caretaker to help manage recycling
Energy: roof mounted PV - wind turbines were rejected as the developer wanted something for a mainstream market rather than an "unambiguous signifier of the developments nature" (RIBA Journal August September09) + biomass boiler
Food: community gardens and allotments gardens are on terraces
Water: rainwater is collected
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