The Natural Home

The Natural Home We are an ecological building design practice based in West Penwith, covering mid and
west Cornwall.

From Architects to Self-Builders and Homeowners, we provide friendly advice on many aspects of low impact, environmentally friendly buildings. We are specialists in the design and specification of natural buildings and materials, with environmental attributes such as low embodied energy, and offer a range of services to professionals and homeowners alike.

07/06/2023

Gauging interest for a 10-week Artist Way group locally, deeping and supporting your Creative Practice.

13/11/2012

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The Natural Home is proud to present another blog entry:

Biophilic Design in Buildings – A Way to Sustainably Build Mental Well-being

In current days of increasingly worrying rates of mental ill health (in the UK, the combined case of stress, depression and anxiety is the greatest cause of sickness absence according to the WHO), could inspiration from our ancestral landscape incorporated into building design serve as antidote?

In 1984 sociobiolgist E O Wilson coined the term Biophilia in his book with the same name.
Biophilia, directly translated as emotional affiliation to life, is thought to have developed due to daily contact, during millennia of human evolution, with the natural environment. As Hunter-Gatherers and prior to that, dependence on nature for survival taught us what equalled shelter, refuge, danger and possibility to find food. These survival-related signals in form of natural stimuli developed into innate, instinctive and intuitive information to our specie. The emotional response these natural stimuli triggered taught us how to feel about what was experienced. A sheltered place, like a cluster of trees for example, would imply refuge and would trigger the direct emotional response of safety and therefore relief of stress.

If these first lines takes your interest please follow the link to our website to read more.
http://www.thenaturalhome.co.uk/blog.html

Happy GREEN reading!
From the Natural Home team

08/11/2012

The Natural Home is Shortlisted for Cornwall Sustainability Awards in the Green Shoots New Business Category

24/09/2012

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The Natural Home is proud to present another blog entry. This time concerning the subject of:
Embodied Energy of Buildings

'At the Natural Home, we have advocated the specification and use of natural materials as best practice in building design and construction. Firstly, these materials have no adverse health effects on the occupants. Secondly, these materials typically require very little processing from their raw state to become construction materials (when compared to oil or concrete based products) and have a very low environmental impact and embodied energy as a result. Increased embodied energy goes hand in hand with increased CO2 emissions....'
by Adam Rowse

If these first lines takes your interest please follow the link to our website to read more.
http://www.thenaturalhome.co.uk/blog.html

24/09/2012

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

The Natural Home is proud to present our very first blog entry: Starting with the complex and fascinating subject of
Mechanical or Natural ventilation -Fresh air arranged FOR you or BY you?

'A debate that appears to be much talked about is the pros and cons of airtight buildings and their ventilation systems.

Simply, there are two ways in which to ventilate a building, mechanical or natural (sometimes called passive).
The arguments are spilt as between those who favour the measurability in energy terms of the power consumption of the mechanical systems and how this can be accounted for in energy modelling software, and the other side who prefer the natural adaptability of humans to regulate their environments, e.g. by opening windows, putting on more clothes, adjusting blinds, etc....' by Adam Rowse

If these first lines takes your interest please follow the link to our website to read more.
http://www.thenaturalhome.co.uk/blog.html

26/07/2012

Come and see us on stand 17 at the Cornwall Renewable Energy Show at the Gaia Centre, Delabole. Thursday 26th and Friday 27th July.

Architectural meanderings -Inspiration from our travels
05/07/2012

Architectural meanderings -Inspiration from our travels

05/07/2012

The Natural Home are having a stand at Stithians. Hope to see you there!

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