Waste House

Waste House has its origins in an earlier project by Duncan Baker-Brown, On Channel 4 television programme Grand Designs, he and designer and television presenter Kevin McCloud assembled a "low-energy ... ecologically friendly" prefabricated house made of organic materials. It was the first such building to be constructed in the United Kingdom. Baker-Brown was responsible for the design of this building, which was in turn referred to as "The House that Kevin Built". It is intended to be "a real live research project" as well as a building which the university and other groups can use.

Work was planned to begin in 2012 in time for an end-of-year completion date and a public opening in February 2013. Work finished in April 2014, the building was featured as part of the Brighton Festival the following month, Waste House is the first permanent public building in Europe made from waste material. Over 300 students from the University of Brighton, City College Brighton & Hove (CCB) and apprentices from housing provider Mears Group were involved in the project. The construction work was mainly undertaken by CCB students, the Mears apprentices and some volunteers, led by a project manager from Mears Group. Students learning carpentry at CCB designed the timber-framed structure…