Skrevet af TURNER
Carl Turner Architects was formed in 2006, and has established a
reputation for high impact, low cost architecture. The practice works
with a diverse range of clients including small non-profit and arts
organisations, the creative industries, private residential, developers
and commercial end users. Philosophies central to the firm s work are a
belief in place-making and architecture s being both process and
product. Their concerns encompass the mechanisms or organisations which
produce both buildings and the spaces between, and how they can work
with and influence them to produce an improved built environment. Both
playful and experimental, the practice enjoys analysing and
re-addressing the use of spaces, materials, structures, scale and
landscapes, often creating unexpected outcomes. Internally, they are
interested in the user and the psychology of space. Externally,
emotional influences such as materiality, colour, and shape prevail.
This desire to experiment is embodied by Slip House, whose construction
was documented by Channel 4 s Grand Designs. The house is being
monitored by the practice for real time energy performance over a
three-year period and has acted as a vehicle to test and learn about the
Code for Sustainable Homes, Passivehaus and low carbon design in
general. Carl Turner trained at the Royal College of Art in London and
has worked with many major practices including Foster and Partners and
Penoyre & Prasad Architects.
