Remodelling Home - Claystation at Scotland's Housing Expo

01.08.2010 - 31.08.2010

Inverness, Scotland

Remodelling Home

Claystation at Scotland's Housing Expo



1 - 31 August 2010

www.scotlandshousingexpo.com





Scotland's Housing Expo is the first event of its kind in Scotland. It showcases over 50 innovative, architect-designed houses for the future - which people from all backgrounds, ages and income brackets can afford to rent or buy.

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The Expo is based upon similar models found in mainland Europe, and particularly Finland where historically the 'Housing Fair' concept has proven very successful in stimulating high-quality design and innovation in housing. Aspiring to bring about a similar impact in Scotland and throughout the UK, the Scottish Housing Expo offers a new model for future housing design and development.



The homes on view will be available to purchase, with a large proportion (40%) being affordable housing for sale or rent. Remodelling Home has been specially created for the Expo by Claystation, in collaboration with Sust., the Scottish Government's mechanism for mainstreaming sustainable design in the built environment.



Remodelling Home provides people with an opportunity to design their own house in plasticine for fun and debate. By playfully creating new designs, Remodelling Home raises awareness of our built environment, encouraging those who live and work in Scotland and beyond, to not merely take a closer look at the houses and spaces around them, but to be active in their rethinking and redesigning.



This event will be open to the public from 1 - 31 August and will be fully facilitated by the Claystation and Sust. teams. Sust. As a key programme of Architecture and Design Scotland, Sust. raises awareness of the importance of sustainability in design of the built environment and assists more effective delivery by identifying barriers and opportunities to delivering sustainable places - acting as a catalyst between information, knowledge and people by working with a wide range of organisations including communities, construction professionals, academic institutions, young people and client groups.

We develop training, guidance, and information to facilitate informed choices about sustainable development. Claystation aims to develop new methods and formats for design professionals and the general public alike, to encourage meaningful audience participation in the creation, production and interpretation of architecture and design.