Residential research connecting modular timber construction, material life cycles and habitat-integrated façades.
02 / Vision
NexGen imagines housing as part of an inhabited landscape. Timber dwellings, planted ground and habitat-oriented façades are conceived together: architecture that makes room for people without treating other forms of life as an afterthought.
02 / Vision
NexGen imagines housing as part of an inhabited landscape. Timber dwellings, planted ground and habitat-oriented façades are conceived together: architecture that makes room for people without treating other forms of life as an afterthought.
02 / Vision
NexGen imagines housing as part of an inhabited landscape. Timber dwellings, planted ground and habitat-oriented façades are conceived together: architecture that makes room for people without treating other forms of life as an afterthought.
02 / Vision
The proposal asks how domestic life might coexist with agriculture rather than displace it. Clustered homes and elevated access routes concentrate occupation while the landscape remains an active setting for cultivation and everyday life. Housing, food and land are considered within one spatial proposition: a domestic environment whose character is inseparable from the productive ground around it.
02 / Vision
The proposal asks how domestic life might coexist with agriculture rather than displace it. Clustered homes and elevated access routes concentrate occupation while the landscape remains an active setting for cultivation and everyday life. Housing, food and land are considered within one spatial proposition: a domestic environment whose character is inseparable from the productive ground around it.
02 / Vision
The proposal asks how domestic life might coexist with agriculture rather than displace it. Clustered homes and elevated access routes concentrate occupation while the landscape remains an active setting for cultivation and everyday life. Housing, food and land are considered within one spatial proposition: a domestic environment whose character is inseparable from the productive ground around it.
02 / Vision
The harbour study places the same residential language within a working industrial landscape. Its contrast is deliberate: a setting associated with extraction and heavy infrastructure becomes the ground for a different architectural possibility. Reuse and transformation extend the project’s environmental question beyond the building component to the urban territory. In application, remediation, flood risk and ground conditions would form part of that design brief.
02 / Vision
The harbour study places the same residential language within a working industrial landscape. Its contrast is deliberate: a setting associated with extraction and heavy infrastructure becomes the ground for a different architectural possibility. Reuse and transformation extend the project’s environmental question beyond the building component to the urban territory. In application, remediation, flood risk and ground conditions would form part of that design brief.
02 / Vision
The harbour study places the same residential language within a working industrial landscape. Its contrast is deliberate: a setting associated with extraction and heavy infrastructure becomes the ground for a different architectural possibility. Reuse and transformation extend the project’s environmental question beyond the building component to the urban territory. In application, remediation, flood risk and ground conditions would form part of that design brief.
02 / Vision
The approach to the home is part of the architecture. A raised path, planted ground and a more intimate scale of dwelling turn the journey through the landscape into a daily experience. Rather than treating greenery as an applied finish, NexGen uses the relationship between route, threshold and habitat to frame its idea of residential wellbeing.
02 / Vision
The approach to the home is part of the architecture. A raised path, planted ground and a more intimate scale of dwelling turn the journey through the landscape into a daily experience. Rather than treating greenery as an applied finish, NexGen uses the relationship between route, threshold and habitat to frame its idea of residential wellbeing.
02 / Vision
The approach to the home is part of the architecture. A raised path, planted ground and a more intimate scale of dwelling turn the journey through the landscape into a daily experience. Rather than treating greenery as an applied finish, NexGen uses the relationship between route, threshold and habitat to frame its idea of residential wellbeing.
03 / Solution
The section brings together the source’s five design principles: punctual foundations, passive energy strategies, bioactive façades, circular material thinking and compact clustered urbanism. Roof daylighting, cross- and stack-ventilation sit alongside a timber frame and insulated envelope. Photovoltaics, an air-to-water heat pump, battery storage and greywater recycling are proposed as coordinated systems. Their sizing and performance remain climate- and site-dependent design questions.
03 / Solution
The section brings together the source’s five design principles: punctual foundations, passive energy strategies, bioactive façades, circular material thinking and compact clustered urbanism. Roof daylighting, cross- and stack-ventilation sit alongside a timber frame and insulated envelope. Photovoltaics, an air-to-water heat pump, battery storage and greywater recycling are proposed as coordinated systems. Their sizing and performance remain climate- and site-dependent design questions.
03 / Solution
The section brings together the source’s five design principles: punctual foundations, passive energy strategies, bioactive façades, circular material thinking and compact clustered urbanism. Roof daylighting, cross- and stack-ventilation sit alongside a timber frame and insulated envelope. Photovoltaics, an air-to-water heat pump, battery storage and greywater recycling are proposed as coordinated systems. Their sizing and performance remain climate- and site-dependent design questions.
03 / Solution
A compact dwelling is the starting point for a larger residential system. The source investigates a hexagonal organising geometry, allowing individual volumes to gather while retaining a recognisable domestic scale. Repetition is used as an architectural discipline: a way to examine how structure, enclosure and orientation might be coordinated without prescribing one fixed settlement pattern.
03 / Solution
A compact dwelling is the starting point for a larger residential system. The source investigates a hexagonal organising geometry, allowing individual volumes to gather while retaining a recognisable domestic scale. Repetition is used as an architectural discipline: a way to examine how structure, enclosure and orientation might be coordinated without prescribing one fixed settlement pattern.
03 / Solution
A compact dwelling is the starting point for a larger residential system. The source investigates a hexagonal organising geometry, allowing individual volumes to gather while retaining a recognisable domestic scale. Repetition is used as an architectural discipline: a way to examine how structure, enclosure and orientation might be coordinated without prescribing one fixed settlement pattern.
03 / Solution
The microcluster gives the repeated unit a collective dimension. Several dwellings gather around the spaces between them, making proximity and shared ground part of the design rather than residual space. This intermediate scale links the private home to the neighbourhood. It also opens questions of access, privacy and servicing that would be resolved for each application.
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The microcluster gives the repeated unit a collective dimension. Several dwellings gather around the spaces between them, making proximity and shared ground part of the design rather than residual space. This intermediate scale links the private home to the neighbourhood. It also opens questions of access, privacy and servicing that would be resolved for each application.
03 / Solution
The microcluster gives the repeated unit a collective dimension. Several dwellings gather around the spaces between them, making proximity and shared ground part of the design rather than residual space. This intermediate scale links the private home to the neighbourhood. It also opens questions of access, privacy and servicing that would be resolved for each application.
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The row-house arrangement tests the system against a more continuous urban edge. Alongside the individual, microcluster and multicluster studies, it shows that modular housing need not produce a single repetitive figure. Density is explored through aggregation and the relationship between built volume and open space. The repeated dwelling becomes a flexible urban grammar rather than a predetermined masterplan.
03 / Solution
The row-house arrangement tests the system against a more continuous urban edge. Alongside the individual, microcluster and multicluster studies, it shows that modular housing need not produce a single repetitive figure. Density is explored through aggregation and the relationship between built volume and open space. The repeated dwelling becomes a flexible urban grammar rather than a predetermined masterplan.
03 / Solution
The row-house arrangement tests the system against a more continuous urban edge. Alongside the individual, microcluster and multicluster studies, it shows that modular housing need not produce a single repetitive figure. Density is explored through aggregation and the relationship between built volume and open space. The repeated dwelling becomes a flexible urban grammar rather than a predetermined masterplan.
03 / Solution
The structural axonometric makes the timber skeleton explicit. Repeated vertical members and connecting elements establish a framework around which the dwelling is organised. This separation of structural logic from façade expression is central to the research. Timber is considered as a renewable, bio-based construction material; its environmental benefit depends on responsible sourcing, material efficiency, processing, transport and the assembly’s service life.
03 / Solution
The structural axonometric makes the timber skeleton explicit. Repeated vertical members and connecting elements establish a framework around which the dwelling is organised. This separation of structural logic from façade expression is central to the research. Timber is considered as a renewable, bio-based construction material; its environmental benefit depends on responsible sourcing, material efficiency, processing, transport and the assembly’s service life.
03 / Solution
The structural axonometric makes the timber skeleton explicit. Repeated vertical members and connecting elements establish a framework around which the dwelling is organised. This separation of structural logic from façade expression is central to the research. Timber is considered as a renewable, bio-based construction material; its environmental benefit depends on responsible sourcing, material efficiency, processing, transport and the assembly’s service life.
03 / Solution
The structural plan exposes the rhythm behind the architectural form. A repeated frame can provide a disciplined basis for fabrication and coordination, but repetition alone does not prove resource efficiency or disassembly. NexGen’s next technical questions lie in span, loading, connection access and the relationship between structural members and replaceable building layers. These decisions would determine the system’s actual material demand and future recovery.
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The structural plan exposes the rhythm behind the architectural form. A repeated frame can provide a disciplined basis for fabrication and coordination, but repetition alone does not prove resource efficiency or disassembly. NexGen’s next technical questions lie in span, loading, connection access and the relationship between structural members and replaceable building layers. These decisions would determine the system’s actual material demand and future recovery.
03 / Solution
The structural plan exposes the rhythm behind the architectural form. A repeated frame can provide a disciplined basis for fabrication and coordination, but repetition alone does not prove resource efficiency or disassembly. NexGen’s next technical questions lie in span, loading, connection access and the relationship between structural members and replaceable building layers. These decisions would determine the system’s actual material demand and future recovery.
03 / Solution
The architectural axonometric gives the frame an inhabited enclosure. Openings, projecting habitat elements and the lifted threshold articulate the dwelling as a layered body rather than a neutral box. The façade is conceived as an interface between interior comfort and exterior life. Weather protection, moisture management, fire performance and maintenance access would need to be developed together with its ecological ambition.
03 / Solution
The architectural axonometric gives the frame an inhabited enclosure. Openings, projecting habitat elements and the lifted threshold articulate the dwelling as a layered body rather than a neutral box. The façade is conceived as an interface between interior comfort and exterior life. Weather protection, moisture management, fire performance and maintenance access would need to be developed together with its ecological ambition.
03 / Solution
The architectural axonometric gives the frame an inhabited enclosure. Openings, projecting habitat elements and the lifted threshold articulate the dwelling as a layered body rather than a neutral box. The façade is conceived as an interface between interior comfort and exterior life. Weather protection, moisture management, fire performance and maintenance access would need to be developed together with its ecological ambition.
03 / Solution
The plan returns the research to the individual dwelling. Its compact figure and external approach belong to the same system as the larger cluster studies. NexGen treats the house, its threshold and the neighbouring landscape as interdependent scales of design. The proposal explores how a repeatable architectural language can support different forms of residential grouping without losing the character of a home.
03 / Solution
The plan returns the research to the individual dwelling. Its compact figure and external approach belong to the same system as the larger cluster studies. NexGen treats the house, its threshold and the neighbouring landscape as interdependent scales of design. The proposal explores how a repeatable architectural language can support different forms of residential grouping without losing the character of a home.
03 / Solution
The plan returns the research to the individual dwelling. Its compact figure and external approach belong to the same system as the larger cluster studies. NexGen treats the house, its threshold and the neighbouring landscape as interdependent scales of design. The proposal explores how a repeatable architectural language can support different forms of residential grouping without losing the character of a home.
03 / Solution
Small, medium and large planting modules give the façade a changing depth. The enlarged planter shown here turns a repeated cladding element into a potential growing space, connecting the material surface with seasonal vegetation. Plant selection, rooting volume, drainage, irrigation and maintenance are essential parts of this proposition. Together, they make the planted envelope an architectural system to be designed and cared for, rather than a decorative layer.
03 / Solution
Small, medium and large planting modules give the façade a changing depth. The enlarged planter shown here turns a repeated cladding element into a potential growing space, connecting the material surface with seasonal vegetation. Plant selection, rooting volume, drainage, irrigation and maintenance are essential parts of this proposition. Together, they make the planted envelope an architectural system to be designed and cared for, rather than a decorative layer.
03 / Solution
Small, medium and large planting modules give the façade a changing depth. The enlarged planter shown here turns a repeated cladding element into a potential growing space, connecting the material surface with seasonal vegetation. Plant selection, rooting volume, drainage, irrigation and maintenance are essential parts of this proposition. Together, they make the planted envelope an architectural system to be designed and cared for, rather than a decorative layer.
03 / Solution
Recesses within the façade introduce the possibility of nesting alongside domestic occupation. The source develops two bird-oriented modules rather than treating the envelope as a uniform surface. In application, entrance dimensions, exposure, height and cleaning access would need to respond to locally appropriate species and ecological advice. Architectural provision is the starting point; successful occupation would require observation, not assumption.
03 / Solution
Recesses within the façade introduce the possibility of nesting alongside domestic occupation. The source develops two bird-oriented modules rather than treating the envelope as a uniform surface. In application, entrance dimensions, exposure, height and cleaning access would need to respond to locally appropriate species and ecological advice. Architectural provision is the starting point; successful occupation would require observation, not assumption.
03 / Solution
Recesses within the façade introduce the possibility of nesting alongside domestic occupation. The source develops two bird-oriented modules rather than treating the envelope as a uniform surface. In application, entrance dimensions, exposure, height and cleaning access would need to respond to locally appropriate species and ecological advice. Architectural provision is the starting point; successful occupation would require observation, not assumption.
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The bat-oriented module broadens the façade beyond planting and conventional nesting cavities. Its inclusion recognises that habitat design cannot be reduced to one generic opening. Light, temperature, exposure and access conditions require species- and site-specific consideration. NexGen uses these differences to explore an envelope with ecological variation, while leaving habitat performance to subsequent specialist design and monitoring.
03 / Solution
The bat-oriented module broadens the façade beyond planting and conventional nesting cavities. Its inclusion recognises that habitat design cannot be reduced to one generic opening. Light, temperature, exposure and access conditions require species- and site-specific consideration. NexGen uses these differences to explore an envelope with ecological variation, while leaving habitat performance to subsequent specialist design and monitoring.
03 / Solution
The bat-oriented module broadens the façade beyond planting and conventional nesting cavities. Its inclusion recognises that habitat design cannot be reduced to one generic opening. Light, temperature, exposure and access conditions require species- and site-specific consideration. NexGen uses these differences to explore an envelope with ecological variation, while leaving habitat performance to subsequent specialist design and monitoring.
03 / Solution
The perforated module introduces a smaller scale of potential shelter for solitary bees. It makes biodiversity tangible through the dimensions and texture of a building component. Such provision must be considered with planting, food resources, exposure and management in the surrounding landscape. The façade can contribute to a habitat network; it cannot substitute for the wider ecological conditions on which that network depends.
03 / Solution
The perforated module introduces a smaller scale of potential shelter for solitary bees. It makes biodiversity tangible through the dimensions and texture of a building component. Such provision must be considered with planting, food resources, exposure and management in the surrounding landscape. The façade can contribute to a habitat network; it cannot substitute for the wider ecological conditions on which that network depends.
03 / Solution
The perforated module introduces a smaller scale of potential shelter for solitary bees. It makes biodiversity tangible through the dimensions and texture of a building component. Such provision must be considered with planting, food resources, exposure and management in the surrounding landscape. The façade can contribute to a habitat network; it cannot substitute for the wider ecological conditions on which that network depends.
04 / Impact
The basic clay module brings the material strategy into focus. The source explores digital fabrication and firing as routes to differentiated façade elements, alongside a timber structure with a different material life cycle. Fired clay is mineral, not biodegradable. Its processing energy, durability, replaceability and potential reuse therefore need to be assessed explicitly. Likewise, timber’s biogenic carbon must be considered across sourcing, use and end of life—not presented as automatic carbon neutrality.
04 / Impact
The basic clay module brings the material strategy into focus. The source explores digital fabrication and firing as routes to differentiated façade elements, alongside a timber structure with a different material life cycle. Fired clay is mineral, not biodegradable. Its processing energy, durability, replaceability and potential reuse therefore need to be assessed explicitly. Likewise, timber’s biogenic carbon must be considered across sourcing, use and end of life—not presented as automatic carbon neutrality.
04 / Impact
The basic clay module brings the material strategy into focus. The source explores digital fabrication and firing as routes to differentiated façade elements, alongside a timber structure with a different material life cycle. Fired clay is mineral, not biodegradable. Its processing energy, durability, replaceability and potential reuse therefore need to be assessed explicitly. Likewise, timber’s biogenic carbon must be considered across sourcing, use and end of life—not presented as automatic carbon neutrality.
04 / Impact
The long-wall study assembles planting and habitat modules into an architectural field. Its environmental ambition lies in the coordination of many small provisions: growing spaces, cavities and a textured surface connected to the landscape. The effects on temperature, air quality, acoustics and biodiversity would depend on climate, coverage, species and maintenance. NexGen presents a research direction here, not measured reductions or a certified environmental outcome.
04 / Impact
The long-wall study assembles planting and habitat modules into an architectural field. Its environmental ambition lies in the coordination of many small provisions: growing spaces, cavities and a textured surface connected to the landscape. The effects on temperature, air quality, acoustics and biodiversity would depend on climate, coverage, species and maintenance. NexGen presents a research direction here, not measured reductions or a certified environmental outcome.
04 / Impact
The long-wall study assembles planting and habitat modules into an architectural field. Its environmental ambition lies in the coordination of many small provisions: growing spaces, cavities and a textured surface connected to the landscape. The effects on temperature, air quality, acoustics and biodiversity would depend on climate, coverage, species and maintenance. NexGen presents a research direction here, not measured reductions or a certified environmental outcome.
04 / Impact
The early façade prototype brings the research back to a tangible assembly. Planting pockets, perforations and a nesting opening are explored within one component family, giving the proposal a physical scale beyond the render. This is a step towards testing the relationship between making, maintenance and habitat. NexGen’s contribution is the integration of these questions within a residential architecture; whole-life carbon, operational energy and ecological performance remain matters for documented assessment.
04 / Impact
The early façade prototype brings the research back to a tangible assembly. Planting pockets, perforations and a nesting opening are explored within one component family, giving the proposal a physical scale beyond the render. This is a step towards testing the relationship between making, maintenance and habitat. NexGen’s contribution is the integration of these questions within a residential architecture; whole-life carbon, operational energy and ecological performance remain matters for documented assessment.
04 / Impact
The early façade prototype brings the research back to a tangible assembly. Planting pockets, perforations and a nesting opening are explored within one component family, giving the proposal a physical scale beyond the render. This is a step towards testing the relationship between making, maintenance and habitat. NexGen’s contribution is the integration of these questions within a residential architecture; whole-life carbon, operational energy and ecological performance remain matters for documented assessment.
