Daniel Johnson

Sustainable Design MArch - Carbon Negative   

This studio was designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills to accelerate the transition to net zero carbon buildings in response to the climate emergency. Design efforts were concentrated on delivering comfort, spatial delight and energy efficiency, which are key principles to enable the delivery of sustainable and low carbon buildings. This year’s challenge was to plan and design Murphy & Son’s Carbon Negative Brewery, a mix of offices, visitor centre, training, and manufacturing facilities in Nottingham’s Island Quarter. 

My scheme proposes refurbishing the existing listed warehouse buildings, retaining the embodied carbon trapped within their fired-brick facades. The James Alexander Building will become the company’s headquarters, activating the public realm with retail space and providing naturally daylit and ventilated offices overlooking landscaped gardens for employee comfort and welfare. The scheme also achieves low levels of energy usage through its passive design & high-performance fabric, with residual energy demands covered by on-site solar photovoltaics.