Team led ty CSIC completes the Near Home - an innovative design and approach to post pandemic work-space

The NearHome project, supported by £250,000 in Scottish Government funding, has formed a team of construction, sustainability, office design, and technology experts to develop a blueprint for a self-build, modular approach to office fit out using a kit that can be replicated and adapted to different types and sizes of buildings.

Lynsey Brydson, innovation manager at CSIC, said: “Covid-19 has caused a significant shift in working patterns and this approach to office design could be transformational in providing commuters with an alternative to heading into the city centre for work. Retrofitting is one of the biggest challenges when it comes to improving the carbon footprint of our built environment, but this sustainable approach is designed with low carbon materials and can be applied to older or unused buildings which would typically not be considered for office space.

“Using modern methods of construction, the design is easily replicated with the majority of the building work done in a quality-controlled, offsite environment. Throughout this initial stage of the project, we have already seen the benefits of collaboration, with multiple partners helping to create the design for an optimum work environment.”

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Delivery Team

• Lynsey Brydson, Mark Milne & Matthew Paton - Construction Scotland Innovation Centre

• Matt Stevenson, Scott Bisset & Agata Gaspari - ECOSystems Technologies

• Andrew Livingstone, Dr Julio Bros Williamson, Victor Henquel & Louise Rogers - Edinburgh Napier

University School of Engineering & Built Environment

• Neal Hemingway, Gina Colley & Stefano Faiella - ThreeSixty Architecture

• Emory Smith & Marci Song - SEAM

• Mark Kirk - Christie Gillespie Consulting Engineers

• Campbell Kelly - EDP Consulting Engineers

• Russell McDonald - RMP

• Martin Milner & Fiona Davidson Orr - IWS

• Colin Hastie & Gemma Goodwin - Bruach Design

• Jon Stinson & Ruth Saint - Building Research Solutions

• Dr Cade Wells - CENSIS

• Professor Peter Barlow - Edinburgh Napier University School of Applied Sciences

• Griffin Collier - ARCDigital