Objective
During the last decades, the increasing burden imposed to the budget of low rent housing has rather annihilated the social object of this type of dwellings which is to allow anybody to be decently lodged.
In our climate, heating is the major part of this burden. The heating load is linked to the quality of the fabrics and the relative abondance of natural solar gains inside the dwelling.
Bioclimatic architecture intends to integrate these two factors in an optimal conception in order to minimize thermal load as well as the financial burden.
The project consists of 2 blocks of buildings, respectively 20 and 16 apartments and 3 commercial levels for a total useful surface of 3400 ym2.
The buildings are oriented east-west and for each apartment the south facade is largely opened for the sun and protected by an attached greenhouse. The glass wall is inclined for 30 degrees to the vertical. In this way, each apartment dispose of a "private" greenhouse in the shape of stairways, to profit maximally of the winter solar gains. The base of the greenhouse which is used as a wintergarden, has a total surface of 300 ym2 for the two blocks. This garden gives a private small garden to each of the apartments, a technique which is already largely applied in Denmark and Sweden. It has also a social function as meeting place. So there are advantages at different levels, as well economical, social and psychological.
The thermal load of the building is furthermore reduced by its shape (trapezium) and the heavy insulation of the buildingenveloppe.
The heating is performed by floor radiation at low temperature.
The necessary energy is taken in the greenhouses near to the water/water electrical heat pump. The heat pump produces also the domestic hot water in winter time. In summer time, the hot water is exclusively produced by 100 ym2 of solar collectors.
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6160 Charleroi
Belgium
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