DESCRIPTION
The house among pines acts as an interface
between domestic life and the land. It is a device that allows inhabiting the plot.
It is not a house for vacation but for daily use. In this way, the whole space
is for the enjoyment of its inhabitants.
The lower area
is voided in the mountain, inlaid with the uses that hardly require sunlight
and the main access to the upper floor. Between this access and the one to the
plot, the shadow of the cantilevered upper area creates an exterior suburban
hall, thought as a car access.
The upper part
is a staple shaped piece stuck to the rock. It remains suspended, and generates
in its hollow, south and east fa�ades that let the sun and the breeze in the habitable
space.
The central
courtyard gives maximum openness between inside and outside, without a lack of
privacy. Walls are completely transparent so, by night, when lights are lit,
all the spaces of the house become one unitary space.
Installation
devices are situated in a peripheral cavity so it is easily accessible for
maintenance from the outside. In that way you can see the materials without any
make-up: concrete, thermo-clay?The steel cover wraps everything, like a veil.
It protects us from the weather and from the aggression of others sights, and
allows us to look at the spots we wish.
Over it all, in
the sunniest area, there is a solarium and a swimming?pool that get a better
sun exposition and better views. The roof blocks the sight from the
neighborhood, and takes the eye to the horizon, the valley, the mountains?
SUSTAINABILITY
Formal aspects
By means of the
peculiar relation with the site, we obtain open fa�ades to the good
orientations: south and east.
The geometry of
the house defines a breezy space with shadow underneath the cantilever, where
conditions are optimal, even in the hottest days.
The forest is
the garden of the house. Once the works were finished, the same number of trees
that had been pulled up were replanted around the house. The vegetable matter
was recovered by a hydro-sowing with native seeds which allows a natural
scattering of the species.
Construction materials
We are using
natural materials that link the house with the environment: the rocks from the
plot were re-used as raw material for the stone-work retaining walls; vegetation
is used as construction material; external pavements are in wood.
?High tech?
materials as Robertson sandwich panels, ?heat mirror? glazing or thermo-clay
are used to manage an optimal energetic performance.
Constructive system
The sun is
filtered by a system of mobile slats and a selective glass ?heat-mirror? type.
Windows are
equipped with A.S.K grilles that assure a light, continuous, cross ventilation
with a minimum leakage of heating or air conditioning.
Structure and
walls are wrapped by a layer of Robertson sandwich panel and an air cavity that
give the house a considerable inertia that allows to keep temperature stable
inside.
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