Celebration
of Walter Segal buildings
INTRO
I am trying to compile a web page(s) of Walter Segal buildings, there a many out there but not all are listed or to be found on the web, apparantly 200 odd
As a resident of a Segal house I am trying to do this, at the moment is it a simple web site ( Walter Segal showed us how to build things simply, so this site is simply built) and I hope it will grow over the years as I and others add more properties to it.
It must be Noted that some of these properties are not actually designed by Walter Segal himself, but they are of the Segal design style.
Also it must be noted that some of Walters buildings where not just of the timber post and beam style.
This web site is celebrating the timber post and beam style.
Please Note : All photos are taken from the street/ public access space, unless permission has been granted, all properties are private residences unless stated.
If you go and look at the properties themselves please respect the owners privacy and you do so at your own risk.
Ian White - Walters Way London SE23 - Email wwoh@btinternet.com
Segal Houses Open for public to view
As part of
London Open House
Sunday 22nd Sept
1pm to 6pm
Walters Way
Two houses open for the public to look inside, one that has been eco refurbished.
Also Films on self building schemes Refreshments & Art Show.
Walters Way is Self Build Scheme by pioneering architect Walter Segal and one of Lewisham councils housing projects.
There are 13 houses in a cul-de-sac on steep sloping ground, many have been extended and adapted.
Nearest train station Honor Oak Park, (East London Line, SouthernTrains) BUS P4 P12 171 172
More info re Open House wwoh@btinternet.com
LINKS
segal self build trust Main web site for the Walter Segal trust
Centre for Alternative Technology - new classroom They have a number of Segal buildings.
Centre for Alternative Technology course
FURTHER INFO
A One page document on the basics of the Segal Method
Extentions to Segal houses
Post
and beam explained
Celebrating
Segal
You tube how to build a Segal house
FAQ's
some faqs including details of Surveyours useful for mortage arrangements.
ARCHITECTS
If any one is seriously considering a Segal style build and needs an architect then see www.jonbroome.co.uk/
Who has worked with Walter Segal on Lewisham builds and has worked on other Segal buildings.
Also www.architype.co.uk who I believe have been involved in Segal Buildings in the past. ( Investigation by me is required..)
BOOKS ON THE SEGAL SYSTEM
The Green Self-build Book : How to Design and Build Your Own Eco-home (Paperback) by Jon Broome
The Self-build Book : How to Enjoy Designing and Building Your Own Home (Paperback) by Jon Broome, Brian Richardson
Out of the Woods : Ecological designs for timber framed housing by Pat Borer & Cindy Harris - ISBN 1 89804 912 2
Also see other books at the Segal
Trust
Can purchase them on Centre For Alternative Technology bookshop Amazon or www.ribabookshops.com/
GRAND DESIGNS
Channel 4 did a program on the Brighton Diggers, occasionally repeated on Channel 4. One of the first Grand Design programmes
You should be able to view it, as it is on channel 4 on demand
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/grand-designs/4od#3010457
Also can buy it on itunes for £1.89 to down load got to TV programmes , find grand designs, should be series 12, go to related, you should see series 1, then The Brighton co-op. Also featured on Grand designs revised series 1
THE
BUILDINGS
North Hill, Highgate N6 4AB
The orginal building, Walter Segal built his own single storey house in the back garden of his home whilst it was being renovated, despite it being only planned as temporary, it is still there today. I have attempted to photograph it but it is in a back garden, so this the best photo I could take. I will see if I can gain access sometime
.
more info see About
Walter Segal
Walters Way Honor Oak Park, London, SE23
Private houses
Greenstreet Hill, Drakefell Rd, New Cross London, SE14
Social housing. The self builders built the propeties as a Co-op and comes under Chisel housing association.
Timberland Walk, Peckham, London
Consortium Self Build, Nine single person units built by young homeless people for themselves
www.segalselfbuild.co.uk/projects/consortium.html
Forest Hill, London
Private house
Elstree Hill, Bromley, London
Private houses
Segal Close, Honor Oak Park, London SE23
Private houses
Brockley Park, Honor Oak Park, SE23
Private houses
Surrey Docks Farm, Rotherhithe SE16
Open to the public. www.surreydocksfarm.org.uk/
Front Cover Architects Journal
Horniman museum, Forest Hill London SE23
Public Building and Gardens, but Segal part not acccessable to the public, see www.horniman.ac.uk
Compost Toilet on an Allotment Site in SE London
Frame
Finished
Inside
( Using simple Segal style - designed /project managed by the owner of this website, built by BTCV )
More info see Allotment
Regeneration
Initiative Project pack written by the owner of this website.
Longton Ave, Sydenham, London SE26
Calthorpe project Kings Cross .
Public Community Building, See Calthorpe
project
Nubia Way, London BR1
Self build for Single people 1997
Peckham Wildlife Centre, Marsden Road, SE15
See Peckham
Wildlife
Centre
Play center offices
Priory Road Stockwell
Office
View through sky light
Main hall
This was a building that was used by Coin Street SE1 as offices, it was surplus to requirements, two students as part of their course dismantled it and relocated it to Stockwell.
Shows how flexiable these buildings are, being able to be taken apart, relocated and interior slightly revised.
see article
Fleet School
Gospel Oak London
Sadly now being demolished in April 2013, having outlived its usefulness and was in need of upgrading, especailly insulation, its not bad since it was built in 1973 !
The school kindly let me take some photos and a parent sent the PDF article on the build.
photo Takeshi Hayatsu
Interior, it had a decent kitchen area and a place for activities.
Exterior , note space under neath
Steps leading to Entrance and veranda.
fine example of Segal post and beam Bolt together beams.
PDF article on the build
Ones
awaiting photos to be taken by me
Trafford Hall, Cheshire
Trafford Hall National Communites Resource Centre
Trafford
Segal
Document
Diggers Project, Brighton. See
Diggers
Self
Build
Hedgehogs Project, Brighton. See
Hedgehog
Self
build
Centre For Alternative Technology see :
CAT Segal_House
The Greenhouse Hereford Street, Bristol BS3 4N, office of Federation of City Farms & Community Gardens , see :
Greenhouse
Bristol
Woolwich/Charlton Parish Wharf
RIP - Demolished houses and a hall in NE London ( West Hampstead ) , location to be found
Holiday home Ballgaret Ireland 1968
North Challey Sussex 1969
Childrens home Singleton Sussex 1972
Mill Hill 1975
Stuggart 1983
Vicarage Melling Nr Liverpool
Woodbridge Suffolk 1971
Western Austrailia 1980
Yelling Cambridgeshire 1970
Halstead Essex 1969
Sheltered housing Churt 1972
Ffos-y-Ffin Aberaeron West Wales (about 40 miles South of Centre for Altenative Technology Machynlleth) - awaiting info and photos!
Camelot Self Build, South Petherton, Somerset
Any many more ! Please let me know if you know of any others, plus any info regarding the property. email is : wwoh@btinternet.com
Future delevopment for website
Photo account of recent extension to a Walters Way house.
DISCLAIMERS
Note : The publisher of this web site cannot be responsible for any external websites.
Please Note : All photos are taken from the street/ public access space, unless permission has been granted, all properties are private residences unless stated.
If you go and look at the properties themselves please respect the owners privacy and you do so at your own risk.
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