RECYCLED 24M-GIRDER HOUSE
During casual stalking in suburbs of the city of Odessa I've discovered
five 24-m concrete girders, abandoned since the soviet construction era. For a
coming competition to design a cheap ad-hoc house I decided to recycle them.
2 girders serve as a foundation for a light wooden/OSB
house. Main fraimings are of glued wooden I-beams and walls are of two layers
of OSB-plates with insulant inside. Full thermal insulation of wall structure
is of >4W/m²·ºC, so the house is suitable for a
full-year habitation with outer temperature range of -20/+40ºC.
Inner space is organized in a challenging linear scheme with
all rooms in a single movement axis, but in smart functional correlation to
each other. This interior organization minimizes the need to move around during
any imaginable casual activity, joining all functionally dependant spaces.
House is ideal for lazy singles.
Technicalities:
Electric supply – from city net;
Cold water supply – from city net;
Hot water supply – electric boiler;
Heating – electrically heated floors and fire stove;
Active outer shutters to regulate day-lighting;
Active air conditioning.