Sustainable Modern Orchid House by Andres Remy Arquitectos
Located in Buenos Aires, this project use the sustainable house architecture concept with main object same as the owner’s hobby, growing orchids. So that the house designed based on the parts of the orchid flower: the roots, the stem and the flower. This concept includes such as efficient and rational use of energy and water, natural ventilation and lighting, and low-environment-impact materials.
The lighting was arranged can penetrate into all room interior inside the house to determine the optimal depth to place the windows. This arrangement provide a unique volumetric outcome to the project. Those penetrating sun ray also bring advantages in winter which increases the interior temperature up to a comfortable level.
The windows framed with aluminum equipped with thermal bridge breaker and double-hermetic-glass. A wide variety of insulating materials were also used, as well as water based paint and wall and roof air chambers. In the lower floor, the convenient location of the opening windows allows natural air flow helping to decrease the humidity in the room.
September 5th, 2010 at 10:51 pm
I am looking for a design for a octoganel orchid shade house in a wood structure