project27:Performance

Performance based space OpenHouse

In conventional housing projects, spaces are created for predicted activities which they can host. In this project, it is the other way around: spaces are created for activities of the user. This results in a design where space only is there when you need it, when you don't need it the space will fill with inflated ETFE cushions.

With this concept, practically only a relatively small volume around the residents will have to be climatised. The rest of the space can function as a thick insulation and warmth generating mass. Thus on one side energy will be saved, and on the other side will it be created. While the floors form sources for electricity and heating or cooling, the ETFE cushions ventilate the occupied spaces.

Idea climate concept

Structure

Routing

Reference project: Media TIC building by Enric Ruiz-Geli