#walter segal

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Stuttgart’s Bauhäusle

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/nov/26/a-playground-for-grown-up-kids-inside-the-student-housing-built-by-its-residents-bauhausle-stuttgart

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Walters Way & Segal Close

Walters Way & Segal Close

Alice Grahame & Taran Wilkhu

Park Books, 2017

A well written and beautifully photographed book documenting two tiny streets in Honor Oak Park, Lewisham (Walters Way and Segal Close) known for its unusual houses designed by modernist architect Walter Segal. The homes were built as part of a council-run self-building housing scheme that allowed people to design and build their own homes. Segal Close was part of the first phase built between 1977-82, while Walters Way (the second phase) was built between 1984-87. Segal passed away in 1985 and the streets were named after him in his honour. Occupants from both streets were involved in producing this book, allowing photographs to be taken from outside and inside their homes. The homeowners share their insight and experience in living their unique homes and tight-knit community. Did you know that Walters Way and Segal Close are private roads and the homeowners are responsible for lighting and road maintenance?! The homeowners would gather every few months and do a street cleaning session that normally ends with tea and cake. The book inspires us to consider self-building; not only in term of housing, but also of the communities we live in. Despite Segal's prolific career, there are not many books published on him; I would thoroughly recommend this, especially if you are like me and enjoy having a nosey inside people’s homes!

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“Anyone can build a house, all you need to be able to do is cut a strait line and drill a strait hole.” - Walter Segal

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Gadzooks, it was eight years ago that I reported on the pleasure of finding a self-build house in Lightwater, built to the Walter Segal Method – see my report, House at Hookmill Nursery.

It was kind of the owners – the Godfrey’s – to show us their home, and explain the method of it’s build. I’ve retained an interest in this method of house building, and so when an opportunity, through Open City, to visit a group of Walter Segal Method houses in London, I jumped at the chance. It was an evening visit this week.

Rather than me describing the houses, and their building method, you’ll find a range of links below. The houses are in Walter’s Way in Honor Oak Park, London. I love that street naming, trite maybe, but fun. The links are to one home owner’s published story, and another from an owner looking to document the many Segal design houses.  My photo’s of the houses reflects that it was an evening visit [Click on images to expand]. You’ll find many more photos from the links in Ian White’s website.

The owners described the advantages are its flexibility, the house changes around you, low utility costs, and low cost of building. In the house we saw you’ll need to like open plan living and the limited storage space.

The Guardian: ‘This isn’t at all like London’: life in Walter Segal’s self-build ‘anarchist’ estate

Ian White’s Celebration of Walter Segal Buildings

Ian White’s article on the history of the houses in Walter’s Way – or download in PDF, Walter’s Way by Ian White

An evening visiting Segal self-build houses in Walter’s Way Gadzooks, it was eight years ago that I reported on the pleasure of finding a self-build house in Lightwater, built to the…

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“Segal was the only living architect to have two London streets named after him: Walters Way and Segal Close“ sources: the guardian, alice graham, segalselfbuild

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Watch Walter Segal

Two short  films about the Segal method of timber-framed self-build houses. The first is from the 1960s  ‘Look at Life’ series and features Walter Segal in his garden in Highgate, London. The second clip features two clients about their self-build Wlter Segal house in Woodbridge.