Upton Site C is a multi award winning exemplar development, pioneering the sustainable urban neighbourhood. Construction is in loadbearing masonry clad in brick, stone, weatherboarding and cedar shingles. Concealed steel portal frames to gable elevations support pitched roofs in tiles and zinc, which incorporate solar thermal and photovoltaic panels. Different claddings were used for different instances of the same house type to provide visual variety. Stone tiled floors were specified to provide thermal mass for winter solar gain, with underfloor heating below.
Location:
Upton, Northamptonshire
Client:
David Wilson Homes
Accommodation:
30 new houses
Tenure:
4 homes for rent, 26 homes for sale
Completion Date:
2007
