SHaC build now in its first phase at Trades Innovation Institute
The first phase of construction for Team Canterbury’s entry in the Sustainable Habitat Challenge (SHaC 09) is now well underway at CPIT.
CPIT’s Trades Innovation Institute carpentry staff and students have begun building, with the house foundations and frame clearly visible from the institute’s Sullivan Ave campus.
SHaC 09, is a competition involving teams of tertiary staff and students, industry professionals and local government representatives joining forces to design, and build or renovate a sustainable home. Ten teams from throughout New Zealand are taking part in the competition.
Team Canterbury (CPIT, University of Canterbury and Lincoln University) developed its concept entry based on four key requirements:
- To maximise energy and water efficiency within the parameter of low-cost housing criteria.
- To minimise waste product during construction by careful consideration to design.
- To create a building using materials and elements of design that allow for deconstruction and recycling.
- To enable the house to be transportable.
CPIT’s Dennis Winter developed the housing plans based on building specifications provided by Canterbury University Engineering students. CPIT’s Interior Décor and Interior Design students have provided sustainable furnishing concepts from paint and colour schemes through to wall and floor coverings; and the Trades Innovation Institute staff and students are involved in the build.
All SHaC entries will be judged on specific technical, social and economic criteria and the winner will be announced in November this year. Following judging, Team Canterbury’s entry will be auctioned with all profits donated to the United Way New Zealand Trust for distribution to support a number of charities.
Watch this space for future updates on Team Canterbury’s building progress throughout the year.
For more information on SHaC, please see www.shac.org.nz