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Research
At the cutting edge of sustainable design
Architype has been strongly committed to research and development for over 26 years. We have maintained our position at the cutting edge of sustainable design through constant and detailed research into sustainable materials and technologies; by creative engagement in new design thinking; and through exploration of new educational pedagogies in primary and secondary education.
Our innovative approach to design has always been balanced by a long track record in the delivery of practical buildings that work. We are now consolidating our research in a ‘Knowledge Transfer Partnership’ with Oxford Brookes University, through which we are employing a research student based in our offices, to run a two year programme of post occupancy evaluation of our buildings.
By recording consumption of energy and water, by monitoring temperature, humidity and C02 within our buildings, by comparing this to modelled and predicted performance, and by exploring user feedback on the experience of using our buildings, we aim to discover how well our buildings work and embed the findings into our practice in order to improve the performance of future buildings.
