Energy renovation of buildings

29 8 2022

Catching Sun House by Studioshaw in London

Blanka de Far 2022, Architecture, Energy renovation of buildings, Interior design, Living comfort Architecture, lighting, Living, Living comfort, masonry, mixed construction, pitched roof, Single-family house, Sustainable projects

A single-family home on a leftover inner-city lot

Architecture: Studioshaw
Client: Mark Shaw
Location: Walthamstow, London (GB)
Site area: 135 m²

It was a great discovery. When Mark Shaw came across a building lot with a decommissioned car repair shop and found out that it had been approved for the construction of a single-storey residence, he decided that he would live there. Along with his architecture office, Studioshaw, he planned a new building for the 135-m² parcel, a structure that would feature an open living and dining area and two bedrooms with bathrooms on the ground floor. On the upper level, he put in a smaller living and working area. This was possible because the old garage had had two storeys in exactly the same area.

© James Brittain

A narrow driveway leads to the lot, which is surrounded by a newly added garden wall. The wall alone required 27 different agreements with the neighbours to allow the removal of existing fences and walls. The building permit stipulated that the neighbouring gardens would not be visible from the interior of the new home.

However, daylight floods into the house, primarily through the skylights and floor-to-ceiling glazing in the foyer and via the two small inner courtyards in front of the living area and the bedrooms.

© James Brittain

To save on building expenses, the architects wrote to and coordinated all 14 trades individually instead of hiring a general contractor. According to their calculations, this made the building 30-40% cheaper than a comparable conventionally built house.

© James Brittain

The architects’ choice of materials clearly differs between the upper and lower portions of the house. The walls surrounding the garden and forming the ground floor, some of which consist of double-wall reinforced-concrete masonry with core insulation, act as the base for the wooden construction of the upper level and roof. For the sliding doors and the windows, the architects chose eloxated aluminum. A playful, orange-coloured samba stairway leads up to the first upper level; a storage and laundry room is hidden beneath it. The shower in front of the larger of the two bedrooms is extraverted, yet sheltered from view. It is in a completely glazed addition in the yard, but can conveniently be reached from the interior of the house.

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Galerija

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27 8 2022

Residential Solitaire near Turin by Archisbang

Blanka de Far 2022, Architecture, Energy renovation of buildings, Interior design, Living comfort Architecture, Energy renovation of buildings, Flat roof, Interior eqpipment, Living, Living comfort, Plaster, Renovation, Roof terrace, Sustainable projects

Fortress on a rock

Architecture: Archisbang
Client: privat
Location: Ivrea (IT)

Structural engineering: Marco Cuccureddu
Contractor: Perino Costruzioni

In the small Piedmontese town of Ivrea at the northern edge of the Po Valley, the architectural practice Archisbang has turned a house that had seen better days into a solitaire that can be flexibly adapted to various residential requirements. Their work involved energy-efficiency upgrading, structural alterations to the interior and substantial transformation of the outer appearance.

© Aldo Amoretti

The planning team had all overhangs removed from the house from the 1960s and pared it down to its cubic volume. Now lightweight cement panels plastered in lime mortar conceal the newly-installed exterior insulation, while large square openings provide interior spaces with abundant natural light. The windows on the southern side look out onto rock, staging the architecture’s relationship to the site.

The building is divided into three living units accessed by external stairs, while an interior staircase and elevator can also be used to link the apartments if required. The ground floor acts as a communal area featuring a laundry room, a rock cellar and parking space for two cars.

© Aldo Amoretti

On the first floor, two small apartments share a living area, whereby a wooden partition wall can be used for flexible allocation of the space between the two, or for combining them into one floor-sized unit. The main apartment comprises the second story and the roof above it.

The walls in the private areas are in exposed concrete, while the rough stucco of the facades is repeated on the interior walls of the communal areas. Floors in polished concrete are punctuated by sections of parquet. Custom-made furniture as well as doors and window frames out of wood soften the stark architectural language.

© Aldo Amoretti

A special feature of the house concerns the roof terrace, which is accessed from the large apartment on the second storey. Surrounded by the crowns of trees, it offers views of the Serra d’Ivrea moraines at the foot of the Alps and also has a swimming pool – an amenity for which the load-bearing walls were especially reinforced.

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Gallery Fortress on a rock

25 1 2020

Visit “Triplets”

Blanka de Far 2020, Architecture, Baby's room, children's room, Energy renovation of buildings, Heating, Interior design, Living comfort

First - 59th Home Fair

When: 4. – 8. March 2020

Where: GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Center

Second - Ambient Ljubljana

Furniture and Interior Fair

When: 11. – 15 November 2020

Where: GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Center

Third - Dom plus

Autumn and Construction Fair

When: 11 – 15 November 2020

Where: GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Center

15 12 2016

Infrared panels – IR panels

Blanka de Far 2016, Architecture, Energy renovation of buildings, Heating, Interior design, Living comfort Heating, IR panels, Living comfort

Verjetno ste že velikokrat zasledili Infrardeče panele krajše imenovani IR-paneli. Infrardeča svetloba je del nevidnega spektra.

Prednost IR panelov je, da se ne izrabijo v primerjavi z drugimi ogrevalnimi sistemi kot so na primer plin, drva, olje in druga fosilna goriva.

IR grelni paneli so odlična naložba, za katero ni potrebno globoko segati v žep. Prihranek pri energiji se povrne že v nekaj mesecih. Z uporabo IR-panelov lahko privarčujete kar 60% letnega proračuna za ogrevanje (v primerjavi s kurilnim oljem). V primerjavi z lesenimi paleti pa do 20%. Ja prav ste prebrali, to omogoča IR-panel omogoča pretvoriti kar do 100% električne energije v toplotno.

Prednosti IR-grelnih panelov:

Bistveno hitreje lahko ogrejemo prostor. Zaradi akumulacije v stenah se bo toplota v stenah in predmetih v prostoru veliko dlje časa zadrževala.
Idealna rešitev za vlažne stene ali prostore (npr. kopalnice, mansarde, itd.), saj infrardeči žarki prodirajo veliko globlje v steno. To omogoča sušenje stene in s tem omogočamo tudi, da se izboljša bivalno ugodje.
Vgradnja ni zahtevna, saj s samimi inštalacijami ni večjih posegov v prostor ali objekt.

IR-grelne panele lahko uporabljamo v skoraj vseh prostorih in je ekonomična in udobna rešitev v skoraj vseh situacijah.
Uporabljamo ga lahko:

v bivalnih prostorih
v mokrih prostorih
v sobah
v kmetijstvu
v zdravstvu
v savnah ali wellness
v proizvodnji
v gradbeništvu za izsuševanje

Velikokrat, so me stranke spraševale, kakšen panel naj kupim za v kopalnico, dnevno sobo, otroško sobo in tako naprej. Zato sem se odločila, da pripravim razpredelnico okvirno moč IR-panela, ki ustreza določeni prostornini prostora.

Moč *	Montaža *	Velikost ogrevalnega prostora *
270 W	stena/strop	2-4 m2
350 W	stena/strop	3-6 m2
550 W	stena/strop	5-9 m2
700 W	stena/strop	7-15 m2
1000 W	stena/strop	10-20 m2

* preveri, pri proizvajalcu

Kaj moram vedeti preden kupim IR-panel?

Iz česa je izdelan grelni element. Večinoma so izdelani iz ogljikovih kristalov. Od tega je odvisen izkoristek in življenjska doba IR-plošče.

Kakšen izkoristek energije ima. Izkoristek energije mora imeti čim višji.

Pomembna je tudi življenjska doba. Samo življenjsko dobo se definira v urah ali letih. Dobra IR-planel ima življenjsko dobo cca 30 let ali do 100.000 ur. Nekatere blagovne znamke ponujajo tudi dodatno opremo.

Pri Archistudiu vam nudimo celotno svetovanje za potencialne investitorje ali lastnike, ki potrebujejo energijsko svatovaje, da bi optimizirali stroške in izboljšali bivalno okolje. Z energijskim svetovanjem in se profesionalno ukvarjamo že od leta 2010. Kontaktirajte nas in vam bomo z veseljem svetovali.