Oak-frame architect profile ea Ecological Architecture LLP

ea has extensive experience of the use of post-and-beam construction in its practice, both with oak and other locally sourced timbers. Seasoned or un-seasoned green timber can be specified.

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Ecological Architecture listens very carefully to its clients and works closely with them throughout a construction project or to any stage. At the outset ea discusses aspirations and detailed requirements with the use of sketches to establish a written and agreed design brief. Ecological Architecture continues the discussion as the design stage progresses to ensure that design decisions are well-founded and agreed. The practice’s aim is for a standard of excellence in all its work, designing homes and public buildings that are pleasing in every respect:

  • with a very comfortable interior environment
  • with low energy, or zero energy, design to Passivhaus standards
  • sensitive to the client’s physical needs, through thoughtful ergonomic design
  • mindful of potential aesthetic experience both visual and sensory, both inside and out
  • accessible for all disabilities and designed specifically in this respect, as required

As can be expected from an architecture practice founded on ecological principles, ea promotes the use of construction techniques, materials and renewable technologies that reduce pollution damage to the delicately balanced ecosystems of the Earth.

Ecological Architecture designs highly insulated buildings which reduce the demand for energy. The practice then looks at the supply of energy through the variety of renewable technologies available, designed for specific site locations.

The choice of building materials and construction techniques is central to ea’s design approach. Building with an oak post-and-beam structural frame is one of these techniques that meets ea’s ecological design aspirations, with very high quality results.

A structural frame requires specifications for the materials that ‘fill-in’ between the framing timbers and ea specifies these to high insulation and airtight standards. The practice works, as far as possible, with local and/or renewable and natural materials, such as timber, stone, lime, clay, sheep’s wool, straw bales and hempcrete.

When choosing materials other than these ea considers:

  • Energy required during manufacture or processing
  • Energy required during transport to the building site
  • Planetary resources
  • Robustness and fitness for purpose
  • Maintenance issues

Construction waste is also an issue. The increasingly high landfill tax on the disposal of waste is included in a building contract price. Ecological Architecture’s design approach enables materials to be either composted on site or disposed of locally, with added cost benefits.

In conclusion, ea offers its clients an efficient and friendly design service (including building contract administration) that can progress a project from the ‘twinkle in the eye’ stage right through to handing over the keys, or any stage in between.

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ea Ecological Architecture LLP

The Cart Shed Studio Tombreck
Lawers
Aberfeldy
Perth and Kinross
PH15 2PB

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