The Wroxeter Winery within an Evolving English Landscape Part 2 Project 2019 William Haynes Birmingham City University | UK Climate change is a reality detrimental to our eco-system and the effects are evident in the increased frequency of fluvial flooding. Whilst farming industries are typically suffering, the English sparkling wine industry is growing exponentially as a result of the increased temperatures.This project seeks to both, embrace and combat climate change through the creation of a 600 acre sustainably constructed vineyard which draws on the tradition of the English country house. We are at the beginning of the timber age and there has never been a more relevant time to research the potential for wood in architecture. Today, it is far too easy to construct buildings from materials which have travelled across continents to arrive on site, all because it is cheaper than those sourced locally. However, there is still a heavy price to pay, a hidden cost measured in tCO2e - Carbon emissions.There is a strand of woodwork which perhaps offers a solution and has been under-utilised in the field of architecture - steam bent wood. Reaching beyond the realm of architecture through the role of a designer-maker, the craft is adapted from mass produced furniture for the creation of utilitarian structures, constructed from local materials. Tutor(s) Christian Frost Luke Nagle