Passivehaus standard
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Project • By Cometa Architects • Private Houses
Casa D
This residential transformation project reinterprets a 1960s house through a careful strategy of structural reuse, volumetric clarity, and spatial densification. Situated on a corner plot within a heterogeneous urban fabric of varying building scales and typologies, the intervention preserves the footprint and foundational concrete frame of the existing house while extending vertically with a lightweight steel structure engineered to withstand seismic loads.
Giorgos Sfakianakis
The architectural language is defined by a sculptural massing of opaque facades and calibrated openings. Responding to the proximity of taller neighboring buildings and the challenge of privacy, the house assumes a monolithic presence. To mediate light and spat... More
News • News • 15 Feb 2022
Low Energy House sets the standard for the sustainable refurbishment of a typical terraced London home
In London’s Muswell Hill, this Edwardian terrace house was extended and refurbished by Architecture for London into a low energy house. As the home of Ben Ridley, Director at Architecture for London, the project strives to set an example of the sustainable refurbishment of a typical terraced London home, within a constrained budget. Embodied energy and energy in-use were considered in depth throughout the project.
Lorenzo Zandri
While celebrating the original structure and beauty of the house, new additions include a rear extension and loft conversion while energy requirements are dramatically reduced thanks to new triple-glazing and added insulation.
Lorenzo Zandri
The existing walls were insulated... More