Stirling Prize

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The houses on Goldsmith Street in Norwich is a little different. Built by Norwich City Council Passivhaus standard-you have just won the Riba Stirling Prize for architecture, and could be the template for The Future of social housing.

These economical houses, almost 100 of them, to pass with big blue ring binder, manuals, filled with the dos and don'ts on How To manage your home.

"The Day we got The Keys , we were there," says Monika Bacik, as it points to the folder on The Kitchen bench. Like many other residents it is still being used, to the new technologies, such as The Monitor , the controls for the ventilation.

On The Opposite side of The Road , where the houses are subtly different, and turned to allow for the perfect height of the sun, Alex Jenkins and Aziza Top live Next Door to each other. Not only Neighbours but good friends, thanks to their young, playing together.

"Growing Up , my parents would have to force me, me to come back in The House at the end of The Day ," says Aziza lives with her husband, Riza, and Two Children , Olimjon and Firaz.

neighbors Aziza and Alex with baby Benjy

"Now I tell The Kids , 'OK, we go outside. '"

And in Goldsmith Street, to go outside a lot, in how the interior extends seamlessly to the outside in The Front and rear gardens, the facilitation of communal interaction.

Some have chosen, arrange the tables and chairs in The Front gardens, while the other clothes hanging lines. to explore

"Tommy's level, is just so much better," says Alex , lives with her partner, Joe, and sons, Benjy and Tommy.

"Last Night , when it's tipping down with rain, he just ran outside and lived His Best life, play in the puddles. Whereas, before, he was so limited.

"It was a big puddle," says Tommy with a big grin on his face as he thinks about his adventure Last Night .

Alex , with her sons, Benjy and Tommy

Monika lives here with her Two Children and husband, Karol.

she often sits in her kitchen, as her girls, Maya and Zuzana, play in The Garden and in the alley with your new friends.

"I can sit here and not to worry, I know you are safe," says Monika .

Monika , and their daughter Maja , the children can play in the secure lane

What is a passive house makes?

Aziza and her son Olimjon outside your home

All three families lived in small apartments before here by the Norwich Council's bidding system. This allows social housing tenants to apply for other housing that better meet your needs.

Aziza, The Council bidding system for four years, before a display for this development, although at this time it is little More Than a Parking lot.

she was second on The List for The House in which she now lives - luckily, The Family was the first on The List of property received, a few doors down.

"you just couldn't ask. A nice big kitchen, a garden. You see, my old kitchen," she says.

This development is not only affordable, it offers a modern, efficient home for low-income households.

The passive house design is not only about the creation of a community, the mean rules about building a substantial reduction in the cost of fuel.

Before switching to Goldsmith Street, Alex would often turn the oven to warm the apartment, and wearing extra layers of clothes rather than switching to the heating.

"If I say this people never been in this situation before, they look at me As If I lived in complete poverty," she says.

"to Save, the money has meant we can have a lot more. Money no longer feels so tight, how she did it. "

Maja and Monika unicorn

Interviews and photos by Maria Nicola

social housing, architecture, riba stirling prize, norwich

Source of news: bbc.com