Passive School in Chotomów

Chotomów, Poland

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Passive School in Chotomów

Chotomów, Poland

Firm

90 Architekci, Piotr Czarnecki

Type

Educational › Elementary School

YEAR

2014

SIZE

10,000 sqft - 25,000 sqft

BUDGET

$5M - 10M

This newly built school is the first stage of the Educational Centre in Chotomów. The future complex will consist of a primary school, secondary school, cultural center, and sport center.

The school is a landmark for the local community. The rich program of the school combined with the idea of small detached village buildings generates the need to divide the complex into smaller units. This results in a creation of interesting inner spaces, including courtyards between units and breaks supporting natural light throughout.

Classes, accommodated in separate units, have a possibility of natural isolation all throughout the day.
The building combined with smaller units joined with common spaces provide character and instant identification for its users.

Acquisition of public funds for energy efficient buildings let local authorities develop the new school as an energy efficient passive building. Today, it is the biggest public development in the Mazowian district, and one of the biggest in Poland, using a ground exchanger as a source for heating and cooling.

The ventilation system is based on separate operating small units provided for each class. The units are equipped with carbon dioxide sensors and highly efficient recuperation for optimizing energy usage and supporting enough fresh air.

The building uses only LED lighting.
The solutions mentioned above reduce three times the amount of carbon dioxide emissions and eight times the amount of heating costs.