a passive single-family home in Ametlla del Vallès, spain
On a mild hill of a quiet space within the north of Barcelona, Slow Studio has realized a passive house for a pair with two youngsters and one on the best way. The household embraces the ‘slow philosophy’, enjoys spending time at house, and is obsessed with music. To generate a design that displays the household’s way of life, the architects shaped a peaceful, clutter-free dwelling house with an introverted patio.
Simultaneously, the undertaking was designed to function with zero consumption and excessive well being requirements by means of bioclimatic methods. To obtain this transient, the construction takes form as a brick field that’s punctured by a greenhouse-like patio that splits the dwelling into two fundamental sections: The southern space accommodates the widespread areas, whereas the northern semi-buried unit accommodates the sleeping rooms and loos.
All photographs by Salva López
a single compact semi-buried ground
When the studio first met the purchasers, they haven’t but bought the land. The design crew thus accompanied them from the primary steps, analyzing the technical and authorized features of the bottom. The place of the home on the slope was determined as a way to enhance photo voltaic achieve and views. Though the slope will increase the technical complexity of the implantation, it’s a super spot to border spectacular views, for a household who wishes a quiet, peaceable life.
Due to the elongated plot extending north-south, the design crew sought to discover a resolution to make sure the provision of sunshine and warmth to all rooms. In response, they formed a single semi-buried ground that improves the thermal effectivity of the entire. To assure daylight within the again rooms, the crew at Slow Studio interrupted the brick quantity with a central courtyard that features as a thermal buffer in summer season and winter. Furthermore, they improved the visible communication by immediately connecting the kids’s rooms with the courtyard and sharing a examine space, which additionally serves as a passage round the home.
Based on passive efficiency methods
PASSIVE THERMAL PERFORMANCE
Topped by glazing, the patio acts as a greenhouse and aids to manage the temperature all through the home, in addition to lets cross-ventilation movement by means of the dwelling areas and bedrooms. During the chilly months, the air contained in the courtyard is heated by means of the roof glass, which traps the solar’s warmth — because the greenhouse operates. This pre-heated air spreads all through the inside with assistance from micro-ventilation in doorways and home windows. On the opposite hand, the courtyard is roofed with vegetation throughout summer season, and the roof home windows are open to generate air flow. To additional improve the thermal sensation of coolness, the pure adobe ground collects humidity from the surroundings or is induced by the direct provide of water that steals power from the surroundings when it evaporates.
out of doors areas increase interplay between the members
performing as a thermal buffer
