Hazelmead, Bridport Cohousing
By Barefoot Architects
Client Bridport Cohousing CLT
Awards 糖心Vlog West and Wessex Award 2025, 糖心Vlog West and Wessex Client of the Year 2025 (sponsored by Equitone) and 糖心Vlog West and Wessex Sustainability Award 2025 (sponsored by Autodesk)
The award winner tells us, "Hazelmead, located on the outskirts of Bridport within the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), is the largest completed cohousing development in the UK. The scheme, spearheaded by Bridport Cohousing Community Land Trust (CLT), comprises 53 climate-resilient homes, a common house, and shared green spaces.
Designed to the Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB) CarbonLite New Build Standard, the project reflects a commitment to affordable, sustainable, and community-focused living for a mixed-tenure, multi-generational neighbourhood."
Extract from the RIBA Awards Jury citation, " Sustainability is writ large throughout the development. Built with low-carbon materials, it balances affordability, beauty and practicality. Achieving net zero carbon in operation, with actual energy use approaching Passivhaus standards, it is even more energy-efficient than the design target value, with photovoltaic panels and a local micro grid alongside the low-energy housing.
It also integrates water reuse measures for the extensive areas of landscape. The way that simple things have been done well distinguishes Hazelmead from many other new housing developments."
Contractor C G Fry
Common House architect Common Practice
Landscape architect LT Studio
Landscape architect Land Products
AECB consultant Delta Q
Civil engineer IMA
Structural engineer JDL Consultants
Principal designer Welling Partnership
Gross internal area 3,779尘虏
