ZiHaus
Winner
Excellent Architecture
Architecture
Details
Thick brick covering with heat storage. A solar-electric autarc house. The key to this lies in newly installed bricks: 75 cm thick walls made of woodfibre bricks with straw insulation, clay plaster inside, 1.10 m thick roof structure made of suspension and insulating tiles, glued into the roof at 25°, above the wooden roof with the PV system. A 75 cm thick solid brick storage block under the floor, heated by solar electricity, releases the heat to the living space with a time delay in winter.
The Jury‘s Statement
The »ZiHaus« impresses with an innovative approach to solar-electric self-sufficiency, which is achieved by means of intelligently used natural building materials. The result shows how a modern, aesthetic combination of functionality and sustainability makes contemporary living possible.
