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A study for a family house in a slope: 158 m², a 78 m² terrace, heating needed about 90 days a year.
158 m² and a 78 m² terrace.
Energy: planned at €0 a month.
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South Bohemia · a study for a sloping plot
The living room faces south.
The living area has large panoramic windows facing south and opens straight onto the 78 m² terrace. Bedrooms and technical rooms are set into the slope, where the temperature barely changes through the year.
Heating about 90 days a year.
Inside it stays at 21 to 24 °C all year, without air conditioning or mechanical ventilation. Heating is needed about 90 days a year. Solar panels and passive chimney ventilation take it from zero use to full off-grid.
South glazing
The main windows face south. In winter the sun reaches deep into the house, in summer the overhang stops it.
Cooling by the ground
In summer the house stays cool on its own, because the soil around it has a stable temperature. Air conditioning is not needed.
Ready for off-grid operation
The house is connected to the grid, but its wiring, its storage and its water source are prepared so that it keeps working during an outage.
Monolithic shell
The walls and the roof are cast as one continuous piece. There is no joint in the shell for water to pass through.
- Earth coverThe house is covered by a layer of soil that insulates it, damps temperature swings and protects the shell from sun and frost.
- Green roofThe roof surface is alive. It holds back rainwater, cools itself by evaporation and gives the plot back the area the house took.
- Root protectionA layer that stops the roots of the planting from reaching the shell.
- PhotovoltaicsPanels on the roof or on the plot cover part of the annual consumption of the house.
- Sloping plotThe house is set into the slope. A plot that is a problem for an ordinary building is an advantage here.
- Terrace · 78 m²A covered or open area adjoining the living space.
- Rooflights and light tubesDaylight also reaches rooms that have no south façade.
Minimal maintenance.
The shell is monolithic waterproof concrete with multi-layer rubber waterproofing. It resists water, frost and root growth. The roof is covered with soil and plants, which insulate the house.
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