Dovehouse Court Almshouses

Girton, Cambridge, United Kingdom, Europe

Completed · Residential · Passivhaus Almshouse Scheme · Temperate · 2023

The UK's first Passivhaus-certified almshouse scheme, providing 15 accessible one-bedroom homes for older residents clustered around a landscaped courtyard. The redevelopment more than doubled the number of homes on the site. Operational carbon is reported at around 34.1 kWh per square metre per year.

Innovation highlights

• UK's first Passivhaus-certified almshouse
• Very low operational energy for later-living homes
• Site density more than doubled
• Courtyard cluster for community

Innovations in the catalogue

• Passivhaus Standard for Later-Living Homes
• Courtyard Cluster for Ageing-in-Community
• Density Intensification of an Existing Charity Site

Client / Developer

Girton Town Charity

Architect

Mole Architects

Type

Passivhaus Almshouse Scheme

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