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Ca FG i Linh MY MAY. £11.60- US$23- €17 4 Uy Li n/; Villy MIT WY YY MLD WU yi yy; LEA, DETAILGreen 01/12 DETAIL Special Edition 66266 ISSN 1868-3843 agazine Not just buldings: sustainability and the London 2012 Olympics, Olver Lowensiein Projects Publications, events 2 Background Gitias and climate change Jakob Scheof Q Sustainable architecture Residential estate in ingoistact bogevischs uere, Munich OfficiaLrole. modal Administration uliding in Krems. ‘ARGE NOHK - AllesWirdGut, Wienveld72, Wien/Fritsch, Chian & Partner, Wien Tradition and pengress. combined, Refurbished house in Egg Georg Bechter, Hitisau Progress thinuoh restraint Feturo shed apartment block in Halle/Saale Stofan Forster Architeklen, Frankfurt 4) Rescarch and practice i ino Wemer Sobex, Valentin Brenner, Petra Micracly Solar technolngy in building envelopes Foland Krippnor Photnl 5 Products aad matceals 6 Specialist ifermation Zero Eneray Buildings —a tern with varicus meanings. Eke Musal, Karsten Voss Planning pariners and manufacturers. (Editorial and publishing data/ohote crectts. www.detail.de/english Pbtshors ans edt department: int Eto department Creston Schtich fector-r-fief akc Schoo! Erp adaliongdetall, eeprone +4989 8 1620 7. Advetisng: mrs anzeigeneeaca telephone: +49 £9 98 16 20-4 Disbuton & suoscrpors eri: detalateguecacnsunca.ie elpne: +4961 2982 9211 Ui cenespordln Olver Lowarsteh ‘Trandnfions Faargal le, Sharen Feiderech, Suan MeL aughln, agi Taylor Engh proateading Amma Race 2 20 42 48, 52 56 6 70 m4 75 matoraie Achtoktur Dokumentaton GH & Oo. KG, Hacker 6, S0535 Nun ch, Gomary. DETAMGiecn 201201 conanveatera 3 “Make no Tittle plans. They have no magic to stir men’s blood”. This was recommended once by Daniel Burnham, US architect and author of The Pian of Chicago. His message is still apt to- day; only someone whose thinking goes beyond the hundrun concerns of everyday business and considers the whole in all its detail will cre- ate lasting values in architecture. In the current issue of DETAIL Green, we also present a selection of buildings that address sone of the great challenges of our time. These include the reconstruction of our shrinking cities, the creation of affordable acconnoda- tion in growth regions, the upgrading of exist- ‘ing buildings and, of course, the reduction of their energy balance to (almost) zero. However, thinking in detail about the entirety also means looking beyond buildings alone. Cli- mate strategies for entire cities are as neces- sary for the 21st century as shared concepts for buildings and mobility. In December 2011, the German Federal Ministry of Building, Trans- portation and Urban Development therefore con- pleted a ‘plus energy home with electro-nobili~ ty’ in Berlin, This building (or to be more precise, its pioneering recycling concept) is also presented in the current issue of our mag- azine. The building is CO,-neutral, can be com- pletely dismantled and can generate enough so- Tar electricity for the household needs of its occupants as well as for the operation (i.e recharging) of an electric vehicle. It is a model for the future - at least it would be were it not for some fundamental questions it poses: Can a detached single-family house with & garage - even if this ‘only’ houses an elec teie car — ever be a model for sustainable building? There is, of course, a market demand for single-family houses, andthe less energy they consume, the better. Moreover, electric cars store electricity; they are facilitating the transition to the post-fossil era. But why should politicians be content to merely follow the laws of the market instead of ac~ tively helping to shape then? Even if there were only plus-energy houses with electromo- biles in all areas with single-family houses in Germany, not a hectare of housing land would be saved, not a square kilometre less of natural space would be criss-crossed by roads and traf- Fic jams on motorways would not be a single me tre shorter. A really sustainable mobility cul- ture must therefore start on the urban level Plus-energy buildings with electromobility can be a component of this - if they are planned in a typology that is compatible with the city and are also actively marketed against this back- ground. A mere replacement of technologies in existing structures - electric drive instead of combustion engine, PV-ponered heat pump instead of gas heating — does not go far enough. Jakob Schoof Not just buildings: wn ol Lowenstein Ina few weeks’ time, “ihe least unsustain able Olympic Games yet" will climax in ‘70 weeks of sporting events, watoned ~ overwhelmingly via global television - by an estimated four billion of the worid's population. Itwill also be a watershed moment for London's 2012 organising body, the Oympic Delivery Authority (ODA), wna, after soven years, wil hand ver responsibil to ts successor, the Olympic Park Legacy Committee (OPLC) This will nclude the responsibilty for the emphatic ‘greenest ever Olympics’ focus ‘on sustainability, which was at the heart af the original bid. Back in 2008, a central part of London's surprise win to host the Olympics was in its marriage of regenera- tion and sustainability. Not only was this 2 first in the history of the Olympics, but de- livering the Games is alsa the mast com plox logistios exercise undortakon in Brit ain sings tho Second World War. Now thatthe time is nigh, the question of ‘ihetber ithaas met these aspirations hangs over the entice venture. Greenest ever or last unsustainable? (On paper, sustainability and the Olympics ‘ppear contradictory. A mega-commer: cial event, which, inelucing the Paralym pics, wrlllast all of six weeks, itis seit consciously aimed at boosting tourism and an economy in dep trouble. If one talks to sustzinabilly professionals in- volved, they will argue that ends justity means. This community's consistent mes. sage has been that the Olympics is an ‘unprecedented opportunity to highlight custzinabilly,” parlicular'y broadcasting 200-concepts 0 over hal the word's population. Duncan Cowan-Gray, from BiaRegionél, ane of the core sustainability cconsuitants involved, speaks for many whan ho says that, “BioRegional's main Intorestis influencing actors and actions and sacond'y on the physical legacies, influencing the material, intelectual and Skil legacies, and to rake the influence on both as positive as possiole How one tal's whether thes worked, how stfective London 2012 has been in trans rmiting core susiainability ideas, and who the games has been successful for, feels like another question. Turning the Green fest Olympies Ever" slogan on its head, Jonathan Port, the Olympics" sustaina billy ambassador and one of Britain's most ifiuentia! environmenialiss, has 2120) DETAW inability and the London 2012 Olympics spoken of the “least unsustainable Olym pics", ‘Greenest ever’ implied, Porn con: ‘nus, “a never ending journey.” wth su ainab ily forever out of reach. By con trast, ‘least unsustainable’ forces retlac tion on what would be nesded to get to the endpoint of sustainability Such issues are unsurprisingly lgnoved oy the UK construction industry. Wherever fone turns to look, the narrative is of an atomised sustainably, measured in met- rics, dominated by technology and deve! ped from within the sector. This is as true within architecture as else. where. So fer, attention, mainiy in the rich modia, has boon focused on Zana Hadi’s Aquatics Cenire and Michael Hopkins’ Velodrome, the architectural stars of all the Olympic buildings anc structures, The latter comprise eight petition vanues and six infrastructure cor vices (principally slectrical power and walor pumping stations) as well as 30 bridges and a greerway tying together routes across the main 2.5 kn¥ site, Fur- thermore, there are twa media centre ‘buildings (whose post-games futures are ail to be recolved) and, outside the man Olyinpic park site, the Athietes’ Vilage, including a school (by AHIMM) and health care cenire (by Penoyre & Prasad), Each of these contains a sustanabilty sory ia Its 0am right, yet to focus narowly on the ‘oulldings would be to mig the much larg- er sustainable point about this piece of environmental urban fabric, is levels of ambiton, and how successful - depend ing on your perspective and disposition ~ Its realisation has neen, Fe-greoning East London From the outset, the bid’s main concept envisaged bringing together ecoiogical Improvements and low-energy infrastruc ture ~ ike and walking -outes - wth lang: term rogonsration across greater Fast London. The area of London chosen was traditionally one the most deprived and poorest areas, Historically, it served as the city’s dock and ship-builcing hub unt DETAMGiecn 201201 these industries disappeared as work moved eastwards. After a halt-century ot under investment, which was only the most regent chapter in a history charal torised by deprivation, tiree of the four host boroughs remain among the six poorest in the country. For these bor- ‘ughs, the question of success does not ond after the last contest is played. The promised legacy is only just beginning, with 8000 future homes fo be ult on the Olympic site. Moreover, kick-started by the revamped low energy infrastructure powering the Games, a GleanTech Green Enterprise District wil be established ‘across the wider East Landon arca and, ifthings go to curent plans, continue developing over decades. The actual Olympic Park sits on an old rail yards and engine depotta the north of rato station, which had lain dormant {or decades, unhappily distinguished in having been Europe’s most toxic brown- field site, Bordered at its western end by ‘a serias of canals and the Lower Lea Val- ley ever, t sits between the beginnings ot the Lea Valley proper — a green finger ex: landing 26-miles northwards — and where the Lea trbutary flows into the Thames further south. The master pian, overseen, by EDAW now AECOM), aimed at ex tending the Lea Valley, theough landscap: ing, ecological enhancement and the new ‘Olympic park, to the Thames. This strate gy, along with the fact that Stratford sta lion was being redeveloped as a local, regional and intemational-tans hub — the rerouted Eurostar line station into Londen ‘opened there in 2009 - have been key planning elements in the Olympic site's dovelopment ‘One-plus-X' Planet Games IF this sketches the Olympic buildings set ting, it does not illuminate the sustainable building svatogy that informed the ODA's approach to delivering the building intra siructure, Early on, the ODA took the far- sighted move of inviting the World Wildite Fund and BioRegianal (who had develop- fed the South London BedZED eco: district a decade ago), to act as the games in‘ial sustainabilty consultants. BioRegional in troduced teir ‘One Pianet Living’ strategy (based on the claim that if every person ‘on the planet lived as the developed world does, three planets would be need ed) with the ODA. Its ten principles, from zero carbon buildings, zero waste, sus: tainable transpor' and ‘ood, to health and happiness, were integrated into what has became known as One Planet Olympic Gemes Plan, There have since been s\¢- nitcant revisions to the plan, including the (ODA\’s dos'sion to aim for the less ambi tious, low, rather than zero, energy build ings. Sill, anyone looking for the origins ‘of the London 2012 sustainability thinking wil ind @ in BioRegional's ten point pian itsel significantly infuenced by the eca- activist, Hebert Girardet’s earlior work on city metabolism. Sue Riddlestono, dirse- tor of BioRegional, believes that they brought a wider approach, which was about more sustainable lifestyles.” BBy 2007 the early aspirations ot ‘One Planet Olympic Games’ hed lbeen trans lated into practical objectives embedded in the ODA’s Sustainable Development Strategy. These include linked binding targets with monitoring strategies and consistent metrics. Some of the onginal targets were subsequently surpassed. For instance, the actual amount of 2 sed and recycled materials from the dernolition of previous buildings on site was 98% compared to the 90% target. ‘Some of the other targets, such as the sourcing of 20% secondary materia, the use of at least 25% recycied aggragate for concrete, and the courcing of timber from avoredited supply chains, also bore the hallmars of One Planet Living. If these were trsts in the Olympics, also new was the emphasis, at the tins, on carton and carbon footprinting, The pen ciples have also permeated the land- scaping, with natural habitats for widife, flood alleviation objectives, and the park's network of cyeling and walking routes. Oliver Lowenstein runs the UK Green Cultural Review, Fourth Door Review (mm. fourthdoor.co.uk) and is a UK correspondent for Detail Green. 1 ara view ofthe Olympic Park tomate the south wees rhe eegraurd fa feta egitAcuaic ‘Seria ana hace Arc) cette Cr bbe Tanith Kapoor Oymotestadum Pepules 2 Theaihauere ofthe Velodrome (Helens Heh tee) rong above tha pte Pare 5 Raval ew one Oymple Stam, feng south BioRegional’s emphasis on local energy sources has not ranspired however; & £100 milion district heating network based on combined cooling, beat and power (CHP), is currently running on natural gas, though converible to renew fable fuels such as biomass in the futur. ‘Design for otsassembly Guided by the leva! of probable post- Olympics demand and lifetime usage, each venue has een considered for its likely permanent need. Where convincing arguments have not added up, design briots were writen requiring either com plotoly temporary buildings and struc: tures o ‘capacity conversion’ to downsize buildings and structures, so the sections excess to requirements Can oe disman- tied and re-used elsewhere. OF the seven vent venues, the Basketball and Water Polo aronas ars temporary structures, while the Olympics Stadium, Aquatios Cenive and Eton Manor all feature signifi- cant cismantiable components. This is, mast visioly in evidenae wih the main Olympic stadium, with a capacity to hold 80,000 during the games, which is intend. ed to be reduced to only 25,000 after 5 Natistoulengs Suetanantty and ina Lender 2012 Oye ‘wards. Although there has been some sniggering at is ‘cut-price’ character, the temporary, Populcus-designed Olympic stadium, provides an admirable prece- dent, which ought to raise public aware- Tess of this dimension of sustainability According to Hattie Hartman's book, Lon- don 2072, Sustainable Design, Populous pursued & conscious ‘des'gn for disas sembiy’ approach. The struoture can be Converted inio a downsized permanent stadium. Computer modeling has signif- cantly cut down the amaunt of material in the steel and precast superstructure Mora radically, tne whole structure is bot: ‘84, rather than wolded together. 2600 out of a total 3860 tonnes of the stadium's steel component tubes came from re- Claimed steel and nearly 50% of the rma- terial arived by rail or water, Gampare this 1o Herz0g & de Mouron's Bira’s Nest which famously used 40,000 tonnes of slgo! fo be bull, causing shortages world wide, and today, while @ permanent icon 10 the 2008 Olympics, remains rarely used Prestige trumos sustainabity The architectural centrepiece of the Games, Zaha Hadi’s Aquatics Centre, also pursues a dismentable strategy, ‘though this masks wider frustrations the centre has come to symbolise regarcing the Olyrnpics' relation to eustainabilty. As ithas now been bul, the Aquatics Centre is considerably smaller than the one Zaha Hadid Architects originally submitted for the 2004 architectural competition, held prior to London winning the Olympic bia. Given thi, the dosign wasn't subjct to the ODA‘: gustainabilly objectives. Inole- gant additional temporary seating wings on either side of the core building hold 15,000 of the temporary 17,500 seats, ‘hile also helping the building meet its custainanilty targets. Ones the wings aro removed, the seating capacty will drop to 2500. The building has also been conisa- versial because of cost: the budget crad- Lally rising from $70 milion to around £270 millon. Despite using an experimen: ‘al conorete wth up to 100% recycled ag gregate and 50% cement substituson in Certain areas, for some, Hadid's design sii foe's glaringly at odds with the eco- ethos of the Games. (One of Zaha Hadie’s contenders in the original competition, Bennetts Associ- ates’, Rab Bennett, argues that the pro- posal of his own practice contrasted to ‘most of the others as it took both budget and sustainabilty seriously, “Itwas the first example of ntegratng temporary seating into the design, both for dismant: ‘bility and reuse.” Tho jury's choice of tho Hadid dos'gn, Bonnett says today, folowe the consensus view thal the organisers of the Games recuired an iconic building, {and so opted far the UK big name archi tact of the mament, helping London 2012 on the world stage. As ata number of key moments, when it came to it, prestige trumped susizinabiliy. Compared to Hadid’s Agualics centre, Michael Hopkins’ Velocrome has received ‘much early praise torts wiele-span dou ble curvature ract externally clad in Cena- din Red Cedar, and lauded for exempl fying the best of British sustainable de- sign. Considerable atienton has been fo- cused on the hybrid timber-steel structure of the root, supported by a lightweight ca: blenet covering the whole af the 260 me- tre cycle rack in a single epan. Itis also the largest Olympie building tohighlicht timber, both in the root itself and in the Sterian pine cycle track, Richard Harris, head of tmiber engineer Ing at Batn University, expresses a widely ‘echoed sentiment; “The Velodrome dem onstrates that when architectural tai, structural ski, engineering excellence and sustainabilty come together, they Create @ perfect combinatian. Its success lies in combining conorete, steel and tim ber materials appropriately and intolt- gently.” For others, particularly with the Velodrome set fo be the games iconic susizinable showpiece, the limted use of ‘tmoer - excluding any sructural applica 12D) DETANGIEe 41 arora cho vetckam Th oot caret ot 25e| cab ret eructre eopporing te toe: ‘oot cassie and rotighis. Th it sr do Syed to prove sauquate dayghng ort ajay tah ae the Ohm pes 5 Uta te perrarert orm, the Aquatics (Conese dosaned to chive a BE EAM Ge Cotert atng. The buling 60% smal thar fhe onciral sompetton des, witha parmarrt ‘eatna capseny of 2800 spectator and an adh tonal 15000 n twotarmperny ese weg 6 Toreduceebaded energy tour Words of the Oiymele Star's teipvay ste! compres ‘Saning corsit of ecaimed lel tbs, wt rete sigh iargertsan sega e-veagee!n the arenes design 7 Gee copareon batvecn the Obmp east In ling 2008 pao) ard Landon 2012 (lack fs alazacy rasta of Queen Elzabath yale atk shouing ts ervisageu vats ouoin 2050, tion ig something of a disappointment ‘Tw further oulidings, Eton Manor and the Lee Valley White Water Centre also high- light tmber, principally glulam, although wood's relative sidetning does feel like & missed opportunity. What has been pro- mated is the accredited origins of the roughly 10,000 cubic metres of timber sed across the Games, 4 social legacy? For some time now, attention has been turning to the post-Oiympics phases, and thus to the work of the Olympxc Park Leg ‘acy Commies. Author Hattie Hartman prodicts that “the Oympic Park wall 09 2 draw for Londoners and for visitors, and hopelully for residents of adjacent com: munities.” She points out that immediately after the Games, there will be large tracts of development land for an indaterminate ‘number of years, depending on the mar- kel. Careful programming of inierim tem- porary uses will be critical to bridging the physical gaps in the urban tabcc after the lympies have finished. The mast press Ing iseue is the Athletes village, & mix of 9-10-storey housing blocks, which will be converted into 2000 homes after the games, with 1379 currently planned to be affordable. With families due to move in in 2018, alarm dlls are ringing as to wheth. er 2 mixed income communty can, in ef fect, be grown. Duncan Cowan-Gray trom BioRegional notes that the sales advertis- ing for te vilage is aimed at highly mo- bole and cosmopaitan pratessionals, rath- er than the average local citzen. What happens with the further Olympic site re {generation programimo of 8000 homes is also undecided, particularly whether the (ODA's sustainability targets will be main- tained once, post-Olympics, the spotight Employment, too, is an interconnected Challeng. The International Broadcasting Contre and Main Press Contre buildings are slated to be reconfigured into an in- dustrial park, again focused on green tech, athough itis not clear how lower DETAMGiecn 201201 skilled local people ~ in boroughs with high unemployment ~ are going 70 parti pate in these high-skilled job markels. At present, the main new employer is the \Westfisid shopping mall, increasing the ‘sense that available work isin low-skilled service jobs that provide litle or no career ‘opportunities. When the Olympic games ‘were originally negotiated, the deal prom- ised 20,000 local jobs, about 4000 per borouch, which the ODA say have been met, but these have been contested. In mid 2010, according to a BBC radio dac- mentary, local MP, Fushanara All ‘oaivad a House of Commons answer to how many local poop'e in hor Tower Hariets borough had been employed in the Games up to that point, six of the ght years into the project. The amount was 201 The city as metabolism That last statistic vividly underscores how the question of a successful sustainable Olympics ean depend on one's persp tive. The construction seotar is currentiy talking up the sustainable lessons lear Hattle Hartman reports that al the archi tects, engingers and building contactors sshe talked to, said they had gained con- siderably from the challenges the ODA's objectives had set them. Others point to how the workforce embraced and learnt a lot regarding sustainability, and how al this wil feed through. BioRegional’s Cow- ‘Gray believes that the OAs wel ahead of the average as regards corpo- rate understanding of sustainability ‘Atnough this sidelines individual dull ings and is quite an ‘tl would suggest that in this age of rapid urban's the London Oyinpies can demonstrate its holistic ‘city metabolism’ approach, this ‘could turn out to be its mast influential ‘contribution. i, over tine, this can be ‘shown to have found a firm, long-term, footing, London 2012's legacy would bs a roated, working example of One Pranet Living, both for Londan’s East end and ‘across the planet = Legacy rasterplan forthe Oy Parkin 2200 fon Mane” earr-unty spats act Valosrome Hooke Whee Fiverice park alona her Loa ‘Atlas vtace Srotord& Sato Itarrational leone Woatild chepoing wal Tousties Corts (Zane Hed Artes) ‘rosa Orbs ani Raper, imple Sacha opts) Mrod-uce overose dite Hardbal srane (Mike citi New reusing be weed! post Obmpics Mission Zero Office building in Hoofddorp Paul de Ruiter, Amsterdam ‘The locisties company TNT is planning to become a totaly CO, neutral business: within the next few years. The new branch fice in the Dutch town of Hoatedorp 's both @ milestone and a tost model towards ‘this goal, In this casa, tho cliont requested 2 z910 emssion building, a LEED Platnum Certificate and ato date rarely achieved ‘As rating in the Dutch energy cartioate, The shx-storey new build is arranged ‘round @ contra, east-wost aligned att- Lm, which functions as the entrance area, 2 source of daylight and an informal moo ing place, The north elevation of the build- ing is fuly glazed, whereas the south-fac- Ing facade contains horizontal rindan wir ‘dows (window to-wall ati is 6094). The columns spaced at more than 16-metre intervals alone the north-south axes and ‘ive metres along the east-west axes, ef- ‘ectively dividing the building into just three bays, i intencied to ‘aciitate a pos sible ater change of use. ‘The fact that there are no permanent work places also has a space-saving sifect. Merely the mesting rooms and a few indi: vidual offices for cancentrated work are separated from the open-plan areas by glass screens. A hybrid ventilation system and a system of heating/cooling ceilings, ‘hich are fed by ground probes via heat pumps, maintain a comfortable indoor climate. & o'ock-type CHP unit, fuelled mainly by organic housshold waste from the immediate suroundings, ceneraies electricity and additional heat for the builedng. Ita'so supplies heat to the neighoauring office buildings on the in- usvia! state Boukonhoest-Sout, More than 20% of all construction mater: als have been recycled and more than 4095, as requited by the LEED raling sys tem, have deen sourced trom businesses ofurther than 600 miles away. The mate- rials used include, among others, sheep's woo! from the Netherlands, flax insulation ‘and formaldehiyde-tree OSB board from Belgium and bricks, bmber and wood-ce- ment particle board trom Germary. How ever, these sustainability qualities of the building are visible in only a few selected finishes, such as the carpets made of re- oyoied yarn or the wall banelings made of recycled fell, which have been specifically designed for this new build by the interior architect Odette Ex. iit 21201 DETANGIee Section of nore facade betwen ground ce ant fatten Sento 1 38 1 Vontiater fa, ceuble gazed wth solar btacton Fmarsedsoncret poropet 05 mr: wth aoa ‘beter costae Se! cararich pana wih FUR rule, 88 mm Faimorond concrete foot lst 380 rm lumii fecade proie sing eooing cong Greunsifoa: sar, eae 1 a00 oo: pan fom let DETAMGiecn 201201 Growth potential University building in Lancaster Sheppard Robson Architects, London Lancaster University is undertaking efforts to reduce its carbon footprint by 35% be- tween 2005 and 2012. As early as 2008, the universty set out a strategy to ensure that all new-builds on the campus met, at loast, a BREEAM Excollent rating ‘Anumber of new buildings have already bbeen completed according to this stand ard, but the central showpiece of sustain able architecture is surely the £6 milion Lancaster Institute forthe Contemporary ‘Ans (LICA), designed oy Sheppard Rob- ‘son. The 4900 me facily offers a range of exible periamance and workshop spac- {85 to support teaching ar, design, fim studies as well as muse and theatre stud ies. Itis the fist higher education building Ip achieve a BREEAM Outstanding rating, According to the architects, the new bud ing is “irst and foremost a showcase for the creative actvities that take place in- side. From the earliest design stages, there was 2 conceptual notion of degrees of openness and layers of transparency, This came irom the nature of the buld- ing’s function (performance, display and exploration) and from the relationshi with its ste - woodland to the west, open plaza tothe east” “The primary structure of the bulding con sists of pre-fabricated oross-laminatod timber panels, which provided high levels Of air ightness (3.02 m¥/n/m overall) and ‘enabled the structure to be erected in just ton weeks, The facades consist at ‘9paqU9, translucent and cloar sections, with tho lattor wo being clad in poyear- bbonate panels. These are supported an aluminium brackels trom the cosslami= nated t mie wall in the opecue sections, and triple-layered in the trarsiucent ones to achieve good thermal insulation. Usvaiues of the building envelope are 0.11 Wink for the root, 0.15 Wik tor the opaque walls and 0.25 Wn for the tranglucent sections — which aro all con: siderably betier than the 1.68 W/mK of the transparent windows. The interior spaces were created by ID'SR, Sheppard Robson's interior design tear, and teature ‘open plan accommodation rather than tra- ditional colular working spaces for tha University academics, Light timber finishes lend brightness and texture to the spac- fs. Only the ground and tit floors were {uly completed fram the outset, while the second floor is a “she!lonly" space that wil bo outftied once the need arises. The bulding 's heated by the university's district heating system from a CHP plant whilst the energy consumption is metered through a campus-wide duilding manage: ment system. Natural ventilation has been Used for the majority ofthe building. and mechanical displacement ventilation imnt- fed to event spaces. The mechanical vent- lation plant is equiped wih a 75% heat recovery through a thermal wheel integrat- fed inthe alr handlung unit n the dauble- volume spaces of the building, a mechan cal coating eystom did not have to be in stalled due to the use of displacement ventilation. A 118 m! photovoltaics array was mounted on the roet, with an expect- ed energy generation of 3.46 KWWN/n? per annum. Overall, the annual CO, emissions 0f LIGA were calculated at 10.3 kg CO./ nme. The Energy Per‘ormance Certificate score of the building is 21, resulting in an "RW rating Focacetoct ection, Scale 120 2 Mecraricaly vores seo pl roc mambrare: Fig Praircusten, 2. 100 mm vapour oro Taper coasiamnated torr! docx 99 tb Tharaly alata cotain wa sytem th kmh fares fe Pajeatbenuteraircteen panel, $0» 40m fluminimrahscreen spor syste pon borateranscieer endang. Aare Grose Limnos turer Teo panel. 11S rm Gaze minted rer wa parel 120 mm foitacedrareoraen boa nation, 00 mm poearounaterarectesn ctacdng, 49 ma, fn sun poor syste 10 Prose Where tradition meets technology Residential estate in Swindon Glenn Howells Architects, Birmingham/London 21201 DETANGIee DETAMGiecn 201201 Triangle of sustainability Kindergarten in Horsholm Christensen & Co. Arkitekter, Copenhagen ‘The outward appearance of Glenn How- els The Triangle” housing estate in Swin- don is somewhat deceptive. At frst glance, the light rendered houses, which are located close to the Great Wester allway and yards, appear like a reinter- pretation ofthe traditonal ralhvay cottage terrace. Yet by incorporating a vide range of low-carbon technologies and construc ‘ton methods, they meet Leva! of the ode for Sustainable Homes, with an en ergy use 44% ‘ower than tha 2008 Part |. regulations, The wedge-shaped site accommodates a total of 42 hones from one and two bed apartments to two, three and four bed houses. Their external wal are construct fed from 360 mm Hemerete cet in stuon a tinver frame structure. Homereie, a ‘compound corsisting of hemp and a lime binder, acts es an insulant and provides. @ Lo ‘co meh |in|a [ol 8 thermal mass tothe buildings simutane- ously. The architecis estimate that com- pared to 2 traditional brick-and-block wall the CO, sequestered in the external walls |s equivalent tothe trst four years of the houses’ carbon emissions, The oulldiigs have above average coiling heights and tall vertical windows with low window cills in order to allow as much daylight as possisie into the rooms. En- trance halls are generally separated fram the stairs to provide an ‘airlock’ hallway ‘oatween outside and inside. Space healing and hot wator are provided bby an air source heat pump. To distribute the heat throughout the houses, underfloor heating was installed on the ground tloor {and addtional low-temperature radiators inthe bedrooms. Athough thers is no Combustion heating inside the buildings, tone of the mast salient features in the de- 1 Sta lan Seale :2000 3 contra green 8 Ktonen garcen © Brvate rear garden 1 Front garavcurtlage parking 2 Section oush cowl Seale 1-50 2 Marne plykoos totrber tam 8 Leaa'eet drescing orta toate memtrans 'G Marina plywood toring waterproof compart 22x 26m alin prof gi th FP fig el open ame 22%: apprsceate ow ‘trough 725 + lan ay camtered ties tree varatons erin 9 mesetroen F Ventaton dat conracted to routed haton ove sake 1 Temter roof stare sign are the distincive chimneys. These act as ventilation cows, providing stack Ventilation and allowing warm air to es- cape from the floors below. To avoid vent lation heat losses in winter, he houses are ‘equipped wih a whole house supply and ‘extract vention unit with oat exchang er. Trickle vents have also been avoided, with the bullings’ airightness (3.6 10 5.0 mv/m/ty @50 Pa) well Delow the Building Reguiaton requirement of 10 mim?/hr. Designod by Luke Englo- ‘oack, the external spaces also form part of tho susizinabilty concept. The central vilage green feaiures a swale and wide garden. In adciton, each house has a pivate rear garden creating a green ‘boundary to the perimeter of the site Privata open spaces are delineated by means of low gabon walls, which maintain the overall visual coherence ol the estate. ‘Azzeto-eneray building for the same price ‘as a ‘normal’ new-build is what tie town (of Horsholm, north of Copenhagen, re- quested when they initiated the investor ‘competition for a new kindergarten to gothor with thelr project parinor, VKR Holding. Their ambitions extondad even further: the building was to be have an ample supply of daylight, a comfortable room climate and very good air quality for ‘approximately 100 children and 30 adults ‘An appropriate name for the projeat was ‘soon found - Solhusst, the Sun House’. ‘The award-winning design by Christensen &.Co,, Hellerup Byg and the engineer's practice, Ramball, echoes the shape of the ste wth a teanguiar floor pian. The northem part of the 1900 me new bull accommodates the kindergarton's admin- istration and a bedroom, which remains unheated throughout the year. This is a ‘special feature typical of Danish kinder- garters ~ a simple, boarded space de- Signed to let the wind fiter through the {9808 of the rough planking. The group rooms and the dining area are placed alongside the south-east and south-west facades; the access and distribution zones, gymnasium and exercise rooms {are situated in the core of the ullding ‘and reco¥ve natural dayight from above. ‘The design is based on the idea of a town for children’. Ithas four gable roofs set one behind the other with the ridges running from east to west. The roofs ‘shape can also be perceived in the inter Or, tthas the effect that no two rooms are the same in layout or section. Light and ‘simple materials have been selected for the interior in correspondence with the ‘sunny’ name of the building. All walls and cellings are white, the floor is tinished wth yellow linoleum. In contrast, the facades, which have been sheathed with thenally treated timber clading, are almost black Root windows have been placed on al roof surfaces allowing daylight ta reach into the house at all angles. Even rooms located in the cents of the building achieve a daylight factor of 4.7%. As the days grow shorter, automatically con- trolled LED lighting Is switched on provid ing an aditionel source of light. thor than skylights, the roof accommo. dates 50 rr of solar thermal panels and a phoiovollaic aray measuring 250.m= (B¢ KW). Together these systems gener fate more energy than the ullding actually consumes, In arder to optimise the use of the solar energy, the roo surfaces crion tated south are steeper than those facing north. All roof areas not used for eneray supply purposes have been planted ‘The building envelope, constructed with prefabricated timber elements, is wel in- sulated; the solid interior walls and the floor slab function as thermal sterage mass for he extensive solar heat gains The remaining hesting demand (29 KWh/ rma) is generated by the solar collectors and @ heat pump, which is connected to a 1000 m-long ground collector. With its pri- mary energy demand at 51 kWh/ma, the kindergarten probably already meets the lovols that are going to be stipulatod in tho Danish building regulations of 2016, The windows are an active part of the hy- brid ventilation concept. A ventilation plant with heat recovery has been installed, out is only operated during the winter months. During the remainder of the year, an auto ‘matic window vonilation system is activat- ed, which is controlled in accordance with the room temperature and the CO, con- tentof the air, 12 Prose Municipal power centre Town hall in Viborg Henning Larsen Architects, Copenhagen ca The merger with tive other municipalities provided the stimulus for the Danish town ol Vioorg to develop a new town hall on a former barracks site clase to the town centre. The 19,400-m? new bud accom: rmodates all 900 omployees of tne city ad- ministration. On the ground floor, three ‘wings with planted roots extend out into the surrounding landscape. A fourth, in Energy efficiency Single-family house in Park City, Atelier Jorg Rugemer, Hamburg ‘The German Passive House Standard is Row also gaining graund in the United Siatos. An example is ‘Haus 126° in Park City, Utah, designed and bull by German. architect, Jérg Rlgerner, for himself and his family, Located at an altitude of 2,100 m plan almost square-shaped structure is ralsed above them. The town hal is one of the frst ofice buildings to comply with the Danish Low Energy Class 7, which means ‘that is total prmary energy demand tor heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting 's blow 60 kavh/ma. In order to achiove this, tiple glazing was usedin all rans parent surfaces. The building's heating export in the Western Pooky Mountains, the 220 m? home was designed to withstand inter temperatures as tow as 26 °C and ssurnmer maxima of up 10 35 °C. The wal system, yhich Rugemer developed, con- sists of @ standard belloantrame wall with 21201 DETANGIee {and cooling is mainly provided by an ad- sorption heat pump. It uses district heat- ing as its driving power and the ground water at 2 depth of 90 metres as ts heat store, Thermally activated floor slabs dis- {ribute the heat or cold tothe offices. A 760/m? photovoltaic array on the root of the oar park opposite the town hall gener- ates part ofthe building's power demand, blown: in mineral fibre insulation, and an additional rendered external wall insule tion system, Summer confor in the house is achieved without air-conditioning by means of horizontal shading elements above the windows and actve night vent- lation through operable windows. The house is heated with ¢ heat recovery sys tem (HRV) coupied with an on-demand water heater and a direct-vented gas-lred fireplace as a backup system for very co nights. Adcitional undeoor heating was only installed in the basement floor. ‘According to Jorg Rllgemer, the house has a heating demand of 16.84 kWh/m’a and costa mere 1,340 USS/me, which is a third lass than a standard home in the ar- ‘92 would ordinarily cost. This was made possible through an integrated design’ ‘nulld process in which the architect, engi neers and the contractor collanorated from the outset and, importantly, Rigemor ‘maintained control ofthe construction process rather than handing the respons bility ever to the general contractor. 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Sybey Toxo Tororo Vis Yolchame a eee ee) 20 ctesand rate change 20120) DETANGoon erranal ene a Foss eragy 8 Renwnablewnetay op sesrorna ona geo Saarinen cower waco nk g Ground coleetors = ‘Bonass = & 500. go By snare é woo Sos ‘tial Dnt 3 om eat Ser fear S20 oan Heat District = pomp featey m0" ae Wea on froma bole ; s00"} au—a=— 4 t rt “ on 1 10 100, 71000 30000 ° a mms until 2013. The public housing construction companies are particularly acting as pioneers. In the meantime, the passive house standard has thus become established, especially in the low-cost home constuction sector in the region. ‘Measures for existing buildings: the example of New York Most cities struggle to take etfective measures that apply to the construction cf existing bulldings, in contrast to new ones. One primary problem is the frequently compartmentalised ownership structure in existing districts, Private clients, in particular, often have very ite knowiedge about the possibilities of renovation oF do not have sufficient liquidity o finance a renovation. The situation in loveincome areas is especially preblematic. More success is promised by intiatves in cities such as New York whore the possassion ot real estate is in the hands of com: paratively few property ovmers. ‘PlaNYC’, which came into force in 2007, envisages measures in ten areas, including a 30% re- duetion'of CO, emissions by 2020. Three quarters of ths is to be achieved trom existing bullings. This is move than double the average in the US (35%). Evan so, 22.6% of the energy consumption in Now York bulla ings is used for lighting ~ an area in which stficiency increases can be achioved at relatively low cost. Moreover, Now York is @ City of the ‘big players' when it comes to existing buildings; 45% of all CO, emissions is attributable to 2% of the buildings. ‘The city is now concentrating its etfor's on these large Duilding complexes and public buildings. Witn the ‘Greener, Greater Buildings Plan’, its obliging the proprietors of large buildings to publish the energy and water consumption of their builgings cn the Internet every year. In addition, they have to allow their buildings to be subjected to an energy audit every ten years ‘ands, by 2025, al lighting systems in large buildings have to be elevated to the latest energy standards ~ irespective of whether ‘Area needed tharGuns) the owner ol a building had planned to renovate itor not. The stinuiations for smaller buildings are also very stringent in New York. The 'NYC Energy Code’. for example, obliges owners to adhere to spectfic energy reauirements wrienever a building is renovated ~ unlike in Europe where this only becomes neces- sary # mare than 25% of the building shell is renovated, Energy suppty: the exampie af Copenhagen “Cental or disrioutec” is one ofthe core questions conceming the communal supply of energy. Whereas electricity can be transported aver long cistances with relatively fw problems, this is hardly possible n the case of heat, Nevertheless, disbict heating and teleheating netwerks are being heavily premeted foiticallyn mary Europeen couriries, as they enaole ficient Use of cominined heat and power on a large scale, However, thoy can bs cperatsd economically cry above 50 KiNh of heat ‘consumption ~or even better 70 kWh ~ per square matre of set tlement area ina given year. Such values can be achieved at best ininner tes, dense rescertial areas and incustal parks but are rot applicabie in areas vath newly erected single-tamiy homes. Apart rom tis, the networks Become lacs economically coficiontevory time a bulcing is renovatad as the hoat requio mont decreases. The interests ofthe network operator (righor Sales of heating energy) are therefore diametrically opposed to those of climate protection advocates (lower consumption of heating energy) An adherence f9 astret hasting is propagated mainly by tase cites that have alreacy been using thei networks for decados Copenhagen is regarded as a pioneer in Europe, Ithas had a istrict heating network since 1820 and extended it massively the 1980 Inthe meantime, cistict heating covers around 98% ot the city’s neating needs ~an impressive but not unproblem atic monopoly positon. As Conerhagen has set iisel the art tious goal of becoming the frst CO,-noutal city by 2028, add tional alterations in the disict heating natwork are on the agen- corerat lovling yan, 10 mre XPS Uri al 900 rm: re tea onion Eermaratve caution: 0, bance for con ‘ete production sing ere ypes of cerent lsc owt noth ant wth Brine carmect sng dlocs Aarde, 2120) DETANGIee” DETAMGiecn 201201 ‘Cement Weim! Total GWP Comparison 300, eam NO,ea) Pal Austean average cemart 254 728 1008 CEMI partard exert) 810 sata 2 (GEM astrrece comer 120 ure 4% Superulonatog comet 85 or evr Cenerte ricuaadin 1 088 cy Nieceroatareichnins, Kors Eco concrete, but no PVC: the ecology concept In order to meet passive house standards, the Federal State, Lower Austria increased the building budget by 5%. A further 5% was added for the implementation of an ecology concept, which had been drawn up by the client in advance. It wes de- signed in particular to recluce the grey energy in construction materials and to avoid HCFCs and PVC as much as possible. ‘The Niedordsterre:chhaus provided the opportunity fo save em- bodied eneray in the production of concrete. Wherever possibie froma structural point of view, a mix was used of 75% blastur- nage slag (cement type CEM IIB) and only 25% of conventional portland cement (CEM IE or IIB). Blastfumace slag is accumnu- lated during the production of pig iran and, out of the two ce- ments, has a tar better CO, balance, Blastturnaco slag was used for more than 9600 m of ne ap- proximately 12,300 m of in-situ concrote required for the Nica ‘erdsterreichhaus. In contrast io @ comparable new build, which is completed with the standard ‘average cement’ in Austria, the CO, emissions could be reduced by a third, or be precise by +1082 (Fig. 13). By way of comparison: the building could b= heated using district heating from Vienna (148.8 kg CO/MWn} {or almost 50 yoars until the same amount of CO, wore pro. ‘duced. The additional costs for the aco concrate wre reasona- ble at 2.25 Euro/m®. Due to the fact that blastfurnace cement takes longer to set (up to seven days at minus temperatures), the concrete curing periods increased at temperatures below 5°; moreover, the ‘sotter' conerete during construction wes more prone to damage. On a few occasions, dus to the cold weather, the shell contractor used a concrete mix with a larger proportion of portland cement, Toxic agents excided ‘The aim of the eco’ogy concept was to avoid VOG (volatle or ganic compounds), HCFCs (hydrochloratluoracarbons) and PVG (poiwinyie chioride). VOC is an ingredient found especialy in floor coverings, metal coatings and biturnen precoats. Through ccaretul selection of materials, it was possible to reduce the amount of pollutants in the Niederésterreichaus to 180 kg this ‘would have been fiteentoid in the case of conventional prod: Uis. Itwas possioie to tataly exciuds the uso of HCFCs, which is commonly used as a foaming agent in insulation material. in all cases, the materia's applied cost no mare o” only marginally more than the market average for standard products {Gn the other hand, the decision to exclude the use ot PVG was. more expensive, especially in relation to the electrical installa tions. At an additional cost of 95,000 Euro, of 6 Euro/m? of GFA, it was posible to avoid PVG in all 2500 m of pipes, 100 km of ‘cable and wire and 6200 m? of floar covering. Overall, the Nied- cerdsterreichhaus contains 30 t less PVC and & t less plasticisers than comparabe standard building. Site area: 4781 m? | Gross floor area: build- ‘ing 12556 m + car park 5697 m° | Useful Floor area: 9915 a | Heat demand acc. to O18 Energy Certificate: 7,0 kwh/a'a | Cooling denand: 29,44 kwh/na | U-values: exterior nal 0,15 W/ark, post-and-beam facade (Ground Floor) 0,23 W/m’, roof 0,10 W/mK, Floor to unheated basement 0,22 W/m, win dows 0,82 W/r'k | ny-value acc. to blower door test: 0,55 h!'| Total construction cost: 25 million Euro 21201 DETANGIee Refurbished house in Egg Tradition and progress combined Referencing regional features has become commonplace ‘among Voralberg's architects, Timber building, wood craft and recently also facades clad with wood shingles, that recall aang tradition in Bregenzenweld, are enjoying a renaissance. In some ‘cases, these “regionalisation” strategies are also being applied to refurbishment projects, as can be s9en in Simma house in the Austrian town Egg. The building originating from 1966 was fairly typical of Voralbere's architecture of the post-war period. It had ‘an overhanging, low-pitched roof and the interior was full of nooks anc crannies. There was hardly any insulation, which made it dificult to Keep tne rooms warm. The upper tloor under tha caves offered a lot of space for storage, nut not much space for ving. The client, Jodok Sima, inherited the one and a half storey brick building from relatives, however, soon realised that it was no longer suitable for modern family life. The client's family land their architect, Georg Bechter, took four years to plan and DETAMGiecn 201201 + View tam nor east 3. Stage See 1750 4 Chg room, oking ‘weet con Sostard tien save build the conversion; enough time to carefully analyse the funda- menial question of demotion versus conversion. Environmental land economic concerns finally tipped the balance to atleast reserve the basement and parts of the ground level. Further- more, It was the client's intention to carry out large proportions of the work himseif, which is easier to accomplish in a conversion, ‘as opposed to a now build. Ground iloar and basement preserved The old building can hardly be discerned beneeth the new skin Cf wood shingles. The upper level was removed and replaced by a now, highor storey using a wood frame construction meth- (od. Even the ridge of the roof was turned by 90 degrees, to run in anorth-south instead of an east-west direction. The roof is, constructed with long, narrow timber box elements, that were pre-filed wah an insulation consisting at almast 60 om thick 9 GustanabieArohtectre a7 Client: Doris and Jodok Sinma, E99 Architect Georg Sechter, Hittisau Energy consultant: Gerhard Ritter, Andelsbuch Building physics: Erich Reiner, Bezau buales of straw. The timber frame elements for the first storey walls were also prefabricated, bul insulated on site. The same applies to the ground! floor where the old masonry walls remain standing behind a thick layer of straw bale sulaton, The wall linings inside and outside, tne floor coverings and win: {dow jramos are all made of Voralborg's coniferous timinor, which the client actually felled, himsolt in the woods and gave to local craftsmen for futher processing. Spruce was used for the fa- cades and white fr for the interior outiting. The wood shingles are unusually large in comparison to historical standards, al ‘though, these too nave heen made by hand Thro is no historical reference for the apertures with their an. led reveals in Vorarloorg's tmber architecture. In view of the wall thicknesses, sometimes measuring more than 80 om, these ‘were a necessity fo allow maximum daylight into the house. Except for the ‘loorevel windows leading out onto the teace Fotwhedho.co n Eo aor DeTan DETAMGiecn 201201 5 Sasomert oor pan before corversrunenenged) Sow 1260 6 Send fox pon ntore corverser Scale 1250 Grau foor lon ae ‘Somersor” Goale 1250 Fratfoorpbn ater corvoreor Sealy 1250 10 Vion trough he te foer locking (se8, On erg tbe barca rely seu ated by acess pane 11 Baciacen he ier inet ry for calng and buatin marcas wade ct te all the windows have the same dimensions, However, some of them have been fitted horizontally and others vertically, and different postions within the reveal have been chosen to create a ively facade, ‘The main entrance to the house is now no longer on the north, but on the south side. A woatharproof garden shed made of ar. thracite-coloured cornent fibre boards separates the entrance zone from the adjoining south-facing terace end provides stor- ‘age space for a pram, terrace furniture and a letter box. ‘A-swtching of postions hes also taken place on the ground floor: the kitchen with the dining area 's novr on the eastern side, whore the only bedroom used ta be; the study is now in the past lion of the former kitchon. A two-storey space immediately adja cant to the enirance accommodates a cloakroom and connects the two levels. An open gallery area with a home office for the Client's wite adjoins the open space on the fst floor. Plot area: 874 m? | built area: 137,4 m? | gross floor area: 274,8 w | useful floor area: 170 w | heated gross volune: 986,7 m | SA/V ratio: 0,61 i/m | heat denand according to eneray certificate: 14,8 kWh/ma | average U-value: 0,21 W/mK | U-values: exterior walls 0,11-0,12 W/mK | roof 0,066 W/mk | Floor to’ unheated base- nent 0,133. W/mk 40 otrekheshavee m Ea9 Even prior tothe conversion, the layout could be compared with ‘8 puzzle; Georg Bechter has continued this character skltully ‘by merely straightening the setbacks and protrusions in the fe ‘cade out relaining the fairly compartmentalised layout of the in- terio.. He even enhanced and extended this interlacing of rooms into the third dimension. A constricted room height of 2.20/m has been retained in mast of the rooms on the ground floor in the living room, however, Beohter has introduced a.60 cm higher solid timber ceiling. This change in ceiling height is also visible nthe first floor. Even if the house stil offers a wide range of nooks and crannies, the rooms do not feel too small, pokey o” dark. New passages: and views have been created where necessary. Three bed rooms are the cnly closed volumes that have been set into the ‘thorwise open space on the upper level. Root windows allow in daylight from above. 21201 DETANGIee Punty without puree: the timber buicing’s interior Whereas the Simma House appears as a pure timber building from the exterior, there is 2 greater diversity of materials within The interior surfaces have been completed with @ palette of four ‘colours: wals, cupboards and floors on the upper level have been finished with a light-coloured solid wood, the celings are made of white smooth gypsum plasterboard, a black mastic as- pphaittloor covering has been used in the entrance area. This ‘o010ur has also been applied to the prominent window reveals, which are made of blaet-lacquered gypsum fibre board, The ‘same lightabsorbing colour has been used on the two-storey tollet block, around which the stairs wind to the upper storey. The block does not reach all the way up to the root, but is merely ‘covered by a pane of glass to let in daylight from the root ight osttioned above the stairs. ‘Georg Bechtor chose grass groan as the fourth colour and tho only colour highlight. Various carpets, the felt covering in the living room’s window seat and the large tiled oven in the same room are inthis colour. Two aspects on the upper floor are also noteworthy: the bathroom, which is merely separated trom the alway by @ partition wall made of clear glass — allowing unre. stricted viows doth in and out. Ifa need for visual sereening ‘ere to ariso at a later date, an adhesive ‘lm could, as Jodo Simmna seid, simply be added (reversioy) to the glass pane. The client and the arcritect chose a fairy coarse lime plaster {or the three bedrooms an the first floor, ane that usually only Used as @ plaster undercont. The straw, which intended to protest the plaster trom cracking, is stil is visible everywhere (on these walls. The natural material reveals its characteristics leary and undisguised, Refurbished with passive-house components The tiled stove in the ving room is the oniy source of heat in the house, which has almost been insulated to meet passive house standards. The house dogs not have radiators or under {oor heating; the heat trom the woed heating disperses ‘realy throughout the house, According to the calculations performed by the energy consultant, the client willoniy have to operate the ‘oven for anproximatoly 20 days a year, since a controled vent! lation system with a heat recovery devios reduces ventilation hhoat lose to @ minimum. Fresh air 's drawn in from the garden through a 50 mlang ground loop and heated in a central ventia- tion unit by the heat extracted from the discharged air (counter- flow heat exchanger wih a heat recovery rate of 75%). In sum mer, the ground loop cools the incoming air. During the first ‘sumimer, the temperature of tha inflowing air never rose higher than 17°C. Inside the house, the ar is distributed vie ducts that are integrated in the 22 cm high floor structure. The vents ere positioned at low level in the exterior walls; the air is extracted ‘tom the toilets, the bathroom and kitchen, DETAMGieen 201201 2 9 Lergiucina section ater conversion Seate 1280 Protabieanen coor eumorte vt ircuiton LLaning on st fours lsc ot ox Varta sector taeac ot See 150 toot covering wits fatcotng les: batons, Sdmmeautter battens 601mm rots me bare: cheating, 28 ers raterorage 3 aly ard 40 730mm, Sra elon, 30 ‘osour Baan nt 2 boar, 27 mm Cente pvatvou tahtin wooden fare (Uo= so Wim: guaie = Dab) Frat firestarter proce shingles, 2S tines coverage ber Shosthing, 2a: rar welaton, 40 ea ‘hfuson ener ferezonc, 1 mm: craw oak retin, S80 mn vapou arts: dageral 50 160 nes eat one, SO; ve He eng fas, 30 Sound oct ever wa holes, 25 tires coverage; tinbe sheathing a mm: ter vonien 40 ms fie open ftreboara Nine shaw rauten. Bom texte mocony val, 70 mm: neater Zar, Somme unter mtbr fren 30m Grou ot vino {rand tur window rwocen fame hte flaring; emercs now vest sprce Sy Bar 20 mine Peto ninco reves gypsrn baad 1S mm Pog fo urhestea basement: rraste ago focring, 0 mem: ent-edrosie bape. poritsmpacr cound elton, 10 mm EFS narra nouaton, Mom: vapou bar fentaroed corete Moo’ sib fans), 120 Rm svemely set erent 1 Vontontoro’h Client: winrewervance CNG Halle-Neustadt Gnbl, Halle/Saale Refurbished apartment block in Halle/Saale 2 Winnonnerom. Architects: 5 at bueconer Stefan Foster Architekten, Frani Progress through restraint oe Structural engineers: 2 Stepan Stroh & Ernst, Frankfurt 4 SBE om. Building systems engineering: wot Gerhard Rittneier, Dingelstadt se Sostone Electrical engineering: Seats 1800 AIG Beraten & Planen, Leinefelde Construction management and tender: Hartlep und Héch Ingenieure, Leinefelde Halle-Neustadt was once the conorete embodiment of hope for a society under real-socialism. The ety, established under com munigrn for the worklorce in the chemical industry, was founded in 1967, and grew to accommodate more than 90,000 inhauit- ‘ants by the end of the 1980s. Since 1990, however, the pooula- tion of Neustadt has halved, and is forecast to decrease even further. More than 12,000 apartments have already been demol- ished, especially on the southern and westem outskrs of Nou stadt. Despite this, the vacanay rate is sil stable at about 20%. Inactual facts, the true picture is lightly betier than these fig- ures suggest or than the media coverage concerning the district might load one to assume. The town is pursuing a strategy of ‘Gemolon from the periphery inwards: large areas on the cut- ‘skits of Halle-Neustadt are being claared whist the centre, in ‘contrast, Is boing upgraded, The public funds that have boon invested in the district during the past 20 years are starting to ‘come to fruition, GWG Halle-Neustadt, the largest municipal rest ential property owner, has alone invested 400 milion Euro in builcings since German reuniticatian in 1980, Up unti today, Halle-Neustadt has retained its bult stucture ‘rom Soviet times. Despite thelr vest scale, the largo L-shaped) blocks creato @ maze like layout. Recent refurbishment work has been limited mainly to the insuiation of facades and roofs, replacing heating systems and improving floor plan layouts. The actual volume of bulaings were most le" unaltered. “Atternative to standard refurhishment The fve-storey biock Oleanderwag 21-45 is an exception and has extended the normal standard of refurbishment. Buit in 1071, the housing black used ta accommodate 125 apartments in 18 individually accessed houses, Merely Oleanderweg 21 was entered via a structural link trom the adjoining buildng, Oleanderweg 18. GWG Halle-Neustact has long been interested in remodeling one of its blocks in a manner that would tar ex ‘ceed the standard norm. The International Building Exhibiton (intemationale Bauausstellung, IBA) Urban Redevelopment ‘Saxony-Anhalt 2010’ provided the perfect apportunty, also from fa financial perspect've. An architects! workshop had already taken place in 2003 10 develop alternative concepts to former re- ‘urbishment practices. Taking radical measures soomied to 08 the right strategy in this caso: the block had not bean touched ‘singe its constuction despite its location in the heart of Neus- tact, the part of town defined as worth retaining from an urban eveiopment pont of view. The client was especially convinces by the design presented by Stefan Forster Arohitecen from Frankfurt. The architects suggested demalishing pars of tho up Por storeys, creating new, private exterior space and complotoly redesigning the floar plans. Due to the partial demolition, the liv ing area was decreased by approximately 20% and the number of apartments by one thir. mm 4 Rotwsldbed epatmen blockin Hallesalo The architects devoted a great deel of attention to the tormery undersized private exterior space: 30 m? root terraces measuring ‘were thus added to the uppermost apartments; continuous, deep balconies facing south onto an approximately 50-metre-wide {green urban corridar on ail other levels. The private gardens, allocated ta the ground floor apartments, are unique within the district and extremely popular. An approximately 1.5-metre-high clinker brickwork base raises the gardens above the surrounding terrain, creating a boundary to the public space. The exterior is ‘more open and less dense than befare since the architects had the two houses Oleandenweg 2! and 23 demolished and with this the connection to the previously adjoining block. The large LLsshape structure has thus been pulled apart, leaving two sepa rate, free standing longitudinal blocks, \Whoreas most of the neighbouring buildings, including those al: ready refurbished, have besn kept in grey and light pastel hu at Joi 2120) DETAW the architects had the north elevation painted in an acid greeny yellow. The south facade is mainly grey since the residents’ nal ‘cony furniture provides the necessary colour accents, Further: more, all surfaces ~ walls as well as window reveals — facing ‘west along the longitudinal facades of the building have been painted in warm orange and yellow tones. Seen from the east, the building thus appeers almost monochrome; from the west, in ‘contrest, mult coloured, Today the 11 houses accommodate 81 apartments. The former ‘standard size - a 60 m? three-bedroom apartment with a win- £| reeset 6) Enos csr, £ Gemaid match ee Erergy dover electricity) a zero energy cost house’ can even be achieved ifthe energy balance itseit is not zero. On the other hand the procurement of wood pallets with ow primary energy factor ‘oan benefit the primary energy balance, but inevitably involves ‘substantial costs. Balance finits whilst almost all legally binding methods for energy balancing (as well as the German EnV 2009) foous exclusively on the en ergy demand related to building services, some of the balance

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