Sarmede House
New-build low-energy house in Italy
Project Location: Commune di Sarmede, Italy
Client: Private Client
Size: 280m²
Estimated contract value: £350,000
Executive Architect: Giordano Verardo
Structural Engineer: Rubner Haus AG
Contractor: Rubner Haus AG
Timescale: Due to be completed November 2010
This new-build house, on a site just outside Venice, is designed to strike a balance between contemporary domestic needs, sustainability requirements and the local vernacular architecture. The house will be constructed to 'Passivhaus' standards for the envelope fabric in order to reduce winter heating. To avoid overheating in the summer, and provide interstitial spaces between outside and inside, an external larch timber frame of shading and terraces wraps around the building. Combined with photovoltaic panels, a mechanical heat recovery unit and an inter-seasonal heat transfer (also used as a swimming pool) the house should have extremely low energy demands.
New-build low-energy house in Italy
Project Location: Commune di Sarmede, Italy
Client: Private Client
Size: 280m²
Estimated contract value: £350,000
Executive Architect: Giordano Verardo
Structural Engineer: Rubner Haus AG
Contractor: Rubner Haus AG
Timescale: Due to be completed November 2010
This new-build house, on a site just outside Venice, is designed to strike a balance between contemporary domestic needs, sustainability requirements and the local vernacular architecture. The house will be constructed to 'Passivhaus' standards for the envelope fabric in order to reduce winter heating. To avoid overheating in the summer, and provide interstitial spaces between outside and inside, an external larch timber frame of shading and terraces wraps around the building. Combined with photovoltaic panels, a mechanical heat recovery unit and an inter-seasonal heat transfer (also used as a swimming pool) the house should have extremely low energy demands.
