Bioclimatic architecture

T3 ARCHITECTS and KANOPÉA Architecture Studio designed this week-end Villa with a true Sustainable approach tailor-made for Tropical conditions: hot weather, heavy rains, wind (as we are close to the sea), insects and other wildlife… With the existing site being partially covered by a forest, T3 Team decided to locate the Villa under the trees (to get shadow and thermal comfort), but having the main facade on the forest’s line to get a very nice view of the tropical garden and pool. Guests have their own buildings to get privacy. It also creates a buffer area from the small road (to block the potential noise and keep a high degree of privacy). phudaostudio.com phudaostudio.com phudaostudio.com The Archite... More

The Gate House project has been completed with Bioclimatic principles, passive housing and study of natural light incidence. In addition to using thermic blocks, we have used "whiteroofing" as a way to reduce energy consumption.Whiteroofing is the process of applying a reflective coating to a roof to reflect sunlight and reduce heat absorption. Zavial Studio Zavial Studio This can significantly lower the temperature inside a building and reduce the amount of energy needed to keep it cool. Overall, the combination of concrete with thermic blocks and whiteroofing is a powerful tool for creating sustainable, energy-efficient buildings that are built to last. Zavial Studio Zavial Studio More

The available land is a green area on a large flat industrial plot surrounded by an industrial building, a parking lot for employees, a truck yard and a small office building that gives access to the enclosure. Jakub Certowicz Precisely next to this last one there is a small forest of trees which we decided to maintain and use as a physical antechamber of the new building but above all as a psychological generator of the project. In such a hostile environment we wanted office work to be a purifying refuge from the environment beyond the mere office building. Jakub Certowicz The new building splits the existing green area into three parts, to which the northern, southern and eastern façades are looking to, but especially t... More

The essen3al premise of the commission was to design a small, highly efficient and healthy house capable of making the most of a very narrow plot but with delicious views of the Arosa estuary. Antonio Vázquez The strong point of the plot is, in addi3on to the men3oned views, its elevated posi3on on the access road, which facilitated the opening of the facades towards the desired orienta3ons without compromising your privacy. Antonio Vázquez The small size of the house and the economic limita3ons led us to create a rela3vely compact volume but open towards the views through the volume of the porch that extends laterally forming the eaves of the roof, which effec3vely contributes to the good energy performance of the... More

Introduction The Born district of Barcelona was the seat of a prosperous artisan economy during medieval times and still preserves traces of that in the names of its streets: Assaonadors, Argenteria, Cotoners, Carders, Flassaders were the trades carried out by the artisans of this neighborhood. The urban fabric in this part of the city is mainly made up of multi-family dwellings between party walls. The structure is made of load-bearing ceramic work walls and ceramic vaulted ceilings with wooden beams. The width of the floors was determined by the length of the wooden beams then available on the market, generally about four meters. The apartment that is the object of the renovation is located in a building from the mid-1800s and was inhabi... More

The socio-cultural and youth center 'Le Cèdre' is the last piece in the urban and landscape redevelopment project of the 'Hauts d'Asnières' district.All the social, cultural and symbolic functions of the district are brought together there in a logic of mutualisation which optimizes resources - human, material and energy - and promotes their synergies. On the plot in the form of a trapezoidal island, the figure built in an “S” shape organizes in its wings the different poles of the program - childhood / youth, family, service / mediation and artistic / cultural - at the same time as it qualifies the spaces. free of the site and preserves their wooded heritage. With the building as an assert, three gardens with di... More

Located on the communal agricultural fringes, the plot, thanks to a relief of edge of plain, overlooks the historic village center. The landscape and the slope of the terrain dictated the layout of the uses. Being seen from afar, the new construction had to be thought of as part of the larger landscape.Inspired by agricultural architecture and the local climate, the project proposes a compact volume for a close relationship between form and material. The two entities of the program take roots in the slope. For a better control of the supply of natural light and to ensure a development that requires a more consistent height, the wine-growing activity was placed on the ground floor. Located above the cellar and facing south, the house devel... More

The inspiration that triggered the design of this bioclimatic solar house in Fasoula, Cyprus, was the will to create a white "Z" shaped form, that was going to characterize the morphology of the building. This form is parallel to the east-west axis and serves as a passive sun protection system, integrated into the design.  Giorgos Charalambous Photography The spaces were translated in volumes which created a composition that was placed into the cavities of this white form. The design is moved by simple geometries touching the modern minimalist trends, which led to the use of exposed concrete, large wooden surfaces and the use of the “neutral” white color.  Giorgos Charalambous Photography The building had t... More

The House E+N was designed for a couple of retired southern Brazilian (gaúchos), who dreamed of leaving an apartment, to live in a house with garden with enough space to make a vegetable plot. The design is basically a white parallelepiped of 12x14,5m that opens organically creating spaces between interior and exterior, through patios, terraces, connections, and the open garage. This white element is placed on a sloping terrain, with a black wall that contacts the slope. The project is divided into 3 well-defined areas: service area (kitchen and laundry), social area (living and dining room), and intimate area (bedrooms and bathrooms). The kitchen area is integrated with the living room, with a kitchen island appearing as the main... More

The second parts can also be good. This is the second part of our Seville Cruise Terminal project, which expands and upgrades the original building. Ports and cities share the common feature of undergoing constant change. To resolve the challenges brought on by that interaction, port buildings must be able to change over time, without recourse to improvisation. One solution can be to propose modular industrial architecture that highlights the port’s distinctive nature, though designed with the architectural quality required to ensure the respective urban integration. In that regard, the Port of Seville needed a new cruise ship terminal that would be flexible, multi-purpose, extendable, easily removable and even transportable. That w... More

The design intention of this bioclimatic residence in Limassol was to create a compact form that morphologically characterizes the building. Thus, all the functions and spaces were translated into solid compact volumes that created a composition, which was framed by an exposed concrete surface. This surface has a double role, since beyond the morphological signage of the project, it also functions as a passive solar protection device. In general, the design consists of simple geometries that touch the current minimalistic morphologies. This logic led to the use of exposed concrete, wooden surfaces and the neutral white and gray colors. The differentiation in the material and the coloring of each volume, follows the differentiation in its i... More