Camino Alto

New construction for a single-family detached house with swimming pool under the passive house standard
Architects — José Ángel Rey, Irene Serrano & Teresa García
Photographs — Arquitectura Visual
Built area — 298 m²
Plot area — 1.074 m²
Year — Under construction
Location — Puente Genil, Cordoba, Spain

It is a single-family house of 298 m2 .This house has been designed and is being built under the Passivhaus quality standard and with the aim of obtaining its certification.

The house is located on the highest level of a plot of 1074 m2 with a large slope, its orientation searches for the best views and optimal natural lighting conditions to the interior. This position is also ideal in the search for greater energy efficiency.

The house is divided into two floors. The upper floor – at street level – is designed as the main floor, integrating in a single space, very wide and open, the living-dining room and the kitchen. These rooms overlook the main facade, oriented to the south with large windows and the best views, and are closely linked to an outdoor gallery covered by a cantilever that obtains an exceptional panoramic view. On this same floor are located the master bedroom with dressing room and a suite bathroom, a guest toilet and an office.

On the lower floor are located the rest of the uses; a multi-use room, which has direct access to the garden through a porch located to the southwest, two secondary bedrooms and a bathroom.  Two large corner windows, one on each floor, allow the garden to invade the interior space.

Camino Alto

New construction for a single-family detached house with swimming pool under the passive house standard

This house has been designed and is being built under the Passivhaus quality standard.

This house has been designed and is being built under the Passivhaus quality standard.

A very compact building was designed so that the shape factor, in other words, the relationship between the interior volume and the surrounding surface area, would be optimal. The location and geometry of the plot favored the implementation and orientation during the design phase, opening large gaps to the south protected with an overhang to control solar incidence and limit excessive heating in summer and ensuring thermal gain in winter. In addition, the house will have an aerothermal air conditioning system with underfloor heating and a ventilation system with heat recovery that will guarantee air quality and thermal comfort in all areas of the house. All the joints, and in particular the contour of the openings, are sealed to ensure airtightness, which will be certified by a Blower Door test (air tightness test).

The construction system adopted, aerated concrete block wall and thermally insulated slabs, favors the energy design thanks to its insulating properties and the ease with which the system can be removed from the building. The location and geometry of the plot favored the implementation and orientation during the design phase, opening large openings to the south protected with an overhang to control solar incidence and limit excessive heating in summer and ensuring thermal gain in winter. In addition, the house will have an aerothermal air conditioning system with underfloor heating and a ventilation system with heat recovery that will ensure air quality and thermal comfort in all areas of the house. All the joints, and in particular the contour of the openings, are sealed to ensure airtightness, which will be certified by a Blower Door test (air tightness test).

The construction system adopted, aerated concrete block wall and thermally insulated slabs, favors the energy design thanks to its insulating properties and the ease with which the system eliminates thermal bridges.

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