The passive house covered in bamboo

This unique home built Bessancourt, Val d’Oise, the study Karawitz Architecture, is one of the few in France to have received certification from the passive house Passiv Haus Institut.

Sustainable and ecological intentions are explained by a series of attentions, which are not final and certainly anything but unnoticed, is the “second skin” in a bamboo house is then closed in his hand that gives to the North, to dissipate very little heat in winter, while it is open to the south to store heat during the day. Rounds of air conditioning a series of photovoltaic panels.

But the feature that makes this house unique is its coating of bamboo, which traces the boundaries of the existing house is constructed with wood panels and glass, and that makes the exterior very special form of a traditional house , was inspired home that knows the past, almost old barn full of stories.

The interiors are very modern but, thanks to furniture design, with minimalist shapes or colors very bright.