TES (Thermal Energy Storage) House
Single family house, located on the hillside of a creek, keeping the ground wild as found, capturing best views.
The house was designed without client (still looking ahead client/investor), two stories connected by a service block, an edicule containing the staircase. Two openings, the foyer/entrance and integrated fenestrations on the greek. A large open deck on the first floor connects the public area with the ground.
Technology, in-situ structurally shaped plywood, used in successful experiences for furniture by the same author, trying in large scale.
Energy efficiency is achieved with greatly differing technologies that collectively accommodate a wide range of needs. It allows excess thermal energy to be collected for later use, hours, days or many months later, at individual building. As examples: energy demand can be balanced between day time and night time; summer heat from solar collectors can be stored inter-seasonally for use in winter; and cold from winter in summer.
Integration and Harmony. TES is a straightforward source heating and cooling system designed to balance the heating and cooling requirement of a building over the seasons. In contrast to traditional approaches of throwing money and fossil fuels indiscriminately at both extremes of the year, as if they were separate problems that had to be addressed by separate budgets.
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