What is a regenerative studio?
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing” - Arundhati Roy
We’re in 2023. According to the World Green Building Council, buildings are currently responsible for 39% of global energy related carbon emissions: 28% from operational emissions, from energy needed to heat, cool and power them, and the remaining 11% from materials and construction. It still takes around 50 tonnes of CO2e to build a house in the UK. As per the last IPCC report, we have passed mitigation and are well into developing adaptation strategies for temperatures above 2C.
We have been talking about sustainability for over 40 years, and what it has come to mean in construction and buildings is about doing no harm or being less bad. Less bad is still not good and provides the caveat for the industry to maintain the status quo as economic sustainability prevents us from putting together radical standards to meet a new way of building.
At DASH, we like to explore what it means to ‘do good’ more. We like to explore new ways of building. What’s holding you back from working with straw, cork or rammed earth? Why as an industry are we not yet convinced about timber extensions when it’s already a tried and tested method? It’s time we got our hands dirty and went back to the drawing board.
Our definition of a regenerative design studio
So, for us being a regenerative studio, is where we look at your ideas and bring a multi-disciplinary approach to them. We’ll look at its form, thermal properties, building physics, structural aspects, ventilation needs and ability to deal with moisture. We will engineer a space that reduces your global footprint and reduces its operating costs so that it remains an asset and provides security for you
We’re on a dash to create better spaces for people and the planet. We hope you will join us in doing so. Email hello@studiodash.co.uk to start your regenerative design journey.