Architectural practice: Human Nature, Periscope, Kathryn Firth (Arup) 

Project name/title: The Phoenix Project

Location: Lewes, Sussex UK

Completion year: 2030

Human Nature is a campaigning development company that designs, builds and manages intrinsically sustainable places in response to the crises in climate, nature and health. It is working with some of the UK’s leading architects, landscape designers and engineers, alongside local businesses and foundations, to create breakthrough models in sustainable placemaking, prioritising social value and impact. 

Its flagship project, the Phoenix, will transform a 7.9-hectare brownfield site in Lewes, East Sussex into a mixed-income, multi-tenure, walkable neighbourhood built around a culture of shared living. It will prioritise the use of natural and reused materials, becoming the UK’s largest timber-structure neighbourhood when built. It will provide 685 highly efficient homes and community buildings, powered by renewable energy and built around abundantly green, beautiful shared spaces.