Winter accommodation between the Pines / José Manuel Peinado

The client requested a contemporary architectural style, and responsible, a house designed for winter weekends, low energy costs in lighting, air conditioning and ventilation. Without budgetary slippages in the finished work and furnished, ready to move.

The architectural firm offered to find a way of working that will provide comprehensive professional intervention in order to get a better price and quality: Construction Management Project + + + Decoration Vendor Management.

Housing is located in a natural setting surrounded by pine trees. The plot was chosen with the client and other close by having a gentle slope facing south, which facilitates good lighting, natural ventilation by prevailing winds, and favored the privacy of view regarding public road access.

The house, despite having large glass panels has no room visible from the nearest public road, so permanently owners enjoy direct views of the surrounding countryside with absolute privacy. As a housing designed for winter use should ensure precise guidance did match the times of maximum insolation in terms of daily activities.

The client is said that between November and March, the sun would come up to the breakfast area, reading reached the seats in the south, would affect the shower first thing in the morning and heat up the floor of the playroom after the children breakfast.

Much of the design is based on energy savings: The closings and covered employees have low transmittance, and large low-emissive glass windows facing the south, allowing the home to stay warm overnight with the heat from the sun during the day. Also is the fact that all the rooms have cross ventilation in the favorable direction of local winds. Domotic motorized awnings and control excessive overheating by sunlight and avoid the need for a porch, assuming a cost savings that has served to significantly increase the thermal insulation of the house.