Acre Place: New build bio-based Passivhaus & integrated Landscape

In progress (RIBA Stages 4 & 5)

Regenerative Passivhaus & Landscape-led home designed to live in harmony with nature, due to commence on site mid-2025

Project Summary: A Living Building for a Changing Climate

Our vision for the new build on the land at Acre Place is a home designed to demonstrate what’s possible when low-impact architecture meets regenerative landscape thinking to include:

Built from bio-based, renewable materials

Powered by clean, renewable energy (Passivhaus Plus target)

Designed using Cradle to Cradle principles

Supportive of biodiversity and eco-cycles

On track for Net Carbon Zero performance

From materials to microclimate, this project embodies a deep integration of built form with its surrounding ecology—an approach guided by natural systems of **Water, Air, Solar, and Earth**.

By embedding ecological awareness into every design decision, this project aims to go beyond sustainability toward true regeneration—for both people and planet.

Design Team: Collaborators & Process

Ecological Architecture & Edible Landscapes
Deb Bathurst-Elliott RIBA, Rowan Schofield, Tomas Remiarz
Wild Rowan Garden Design
Forest Gardening in Practice

Landscape Architecture (RIBA Stage 1–3)
Lichen Studio
Passive House, Stroud – Lichen Studio

Structural Engineers
Momentum Engineering – Beth Williams
Momentum Engineering

Passivhaus Consultant
Tim Martel
Passive House modelling via PHPP and PHribbon (carbon counting)

Material Strategy
Informed by Circular Economy and Cradle to Cradle principles
Main wall system: EcoCocon® – prefab timber-straw panels, Passivhaus certified
Technical support: George Mikurcik
EcoCocon

Energy Strategy
Cotswold Energy
Cotswold Energy
Renewable generation and storage to meet Passivhaus Plus criteria

FURTHER PROJECTS INCLUDE: