Sustainable Habitat Challenge

Building a Better Way

Welcome

The Sustainable Habitat Challenge - a network of people designing and building more sustainable buildings and neighbourhoods.

 

Affordable, delightful housing, micro architecture, prefabricated housing, and more...

Living with purpose, living well with less reliance on resources.


Please call or email me at any time tim@shac.org.nz or 0800 762 786.

Events

 

Join SHAC

Register now for the SHAC 2012 Micro- and Temporary Architecture workshop, 2-3 May 2012, CPIT, Christchurch. 

Wednesday 9-5pm

Thursday 10-9pm

 

Contribute to the 10m2 Challenge! A design challenge to learn about high quality, low cost, innovative buildings that comply with the Building Act. Designs/Photos/Drawings/Descriptions due 20 August 2012

 

SHAC built a small 10m2 office for Gap Filler in Christchurch over the 21-28th of January, 2012.  

The office is made from mostly recycled materials from demolished Christchurch buildings.  How can we live well with less reliance on resources?  Using recycled building materials is one good strategy.

Press Article.  Our blog.

Stop by at the site, and take a ride on our electric bicycle.

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The SHAC aim is efficient, affordable, adaptable, durable, simple, healthy, and delightful buildings and neighbourhoods with focus on regenerative communities. Lets work on this together and pass on our skills to young people.

SHAC helps us collaborative, involve and pass along skills to young people, and publish our designs and techniques. Together we are building our future. Join in!

 

SHAC Awards for 2011 have been announced!:

 

See the presentations from our recent Symposium on Micro-Architecture and Simple Building

Forum

Christchurch, sustainable new project - interested?

Started by Jane Pearce. Last reply by Naomi Smith Jan 9. 4 Replies

My partner and I are interested in building a sustainable home in Christchurch. We would like to at least meet, or team up (possibly even to form a community project) with people to share…Continue

Building concept for sustainable house on a ridge

Started by Mark Wren. Last reply by Richard Neill Sep 23, 2010. 3 Replies

The point of difference for this building design is to incorporate integrated energy and water-use systems to maximise the efficient use of resources and minimise the impact on community and grid…Continue

Funding advice for teams

Started by Tim Bishop. Last reply by Alex Jan 19. 1 Reply

Some tertiary teams have their building process funded by their polytechnic.  Private teams generally have a private client.  Community teams making displays and community halls are likely to need to…Continue

What's your general design advice for teams?

Started by Tim Bishop. Last reply by Tim Bishop May 26, 2010. 3 Replies

Post here your general design advice for teams.

Retrofit Transportable Office Block [Dunedin]

Started by Tim Bishop May 21, 2010. 0 Replies

The Otago Polytechnic is retrofitting a small office block for SHAC 2011.The renovated offices in B Block will be a delightful and long lasting work environment, with some nice visual and technical…Continue

Classroom New Build [Southland]

Started by Tim Bishop May 21, 2010. 0 Replies

In 2008 a series of Sustainable Living workshops took place, set up by Invercargill City Council, Environment Southland and Southland Education. Topics included No Weeds in the Vege Patch, Solar…Continue

School Transportable Classroom retrofit [Manukau Institute of Technology]

Started by Tim Bishop. Last reply by Werner Eisenhauer Aug 10, 2010. 4 Replies

Manukau Institute of Technologyis proposing to develop a high performance classroom retrofit.  How can transportable classrooms be retrofitted to create a classroom that stays cool in the summer, and…Continue

Your Visions for Sustainable Building

Started by Tim Bishop. Last reply by Alex Jan 19. 1 Reply

Post here a description of your vision for your more sustainable building and neighbourhood.Continue

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