TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY France
PROJECT NAME Philéas
TEAM NAME
Atlantic Challenge
UNIVERSITY NAME Nantes universities
SLOGAN/TAGLINE Fertile city
DESCRIPTION The prototype is part of our design process and unveils our choices: for a better functioning and a closeness of the variousnetworks of the city, for the re-useand enhancement of the existing environment. The modularity of the accommodation
means that space can be adapted to the needs of the tenants throughout their lives. Our proposal is linked to materiality. It does not only imply technical performances but it considers the life cycle of each inserted element. It is about studying the material interaction
with the system it is grafted into. These choices aim at improving the users’ quality of life through responsible design.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY Spain
PROJECT NAME Ressò
TEAM NAME Ressò Team
UNIVERSITY NAME
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
SLOGAN/TAGLINE We share Ressò
DESCRIPTION WHAT ? Ressò is a strategy that uses the collective infrastructure (or collective space) to inspire a social and urban rehabilitation process.
WHO ? The user is essential to be able to accomplish the rehabilitation process. The user’s disposition and attitude towards collectivization of activities and resources are decisive to achieve this saving.
HOW ? The ressò space, understood as the trigger of this rehabilitation process, has to be a self-sufficient constriction, adaptable to the different urban layouts and be able to accomplish a flexible comfort for its users.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY ROMANIA
PROJECT NAME EFdeN
TEAM NAME EFdeN
UNIVERSITY NAME Bucharest Universities
SLOGAN/TAGLINE Where N is Nature
DESCRIPTION “EFdeN wants to align Romania’s capital city, Bucharest, with othermetropolises. How? By recycling thebrownfield sites within the city, thus offering a solution to urban challenges such as mobility and densification. EFdeN proposes a project whose epicenter is nature.
This is why ourprototype has a hybrid greenhouse.We designed this green space to accommodate both purposes of utility and pleasure, since it enables its user to include urbanfarming in his style of living, while complementing the environment with a leisure space. In addition, it functions as a thermal
buffer and it has a functional role regarding HVAC system. EFdeN’s prototypeis not only an intelligent house, but also engages sustainability, as the materials we use have either an increased endurance or present a high degree of recycling.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY Japan
PROJECT NAME RenaiHouse
TEAM NAME
Chiba University Japan
UNIVERSITY NAME Chiba University
SLOGAN/TAGLINE
Future Residence in 2030
Sunlight Solar Thermal Panels
Ventilation Duct Total Heat Exchanger
Air Conditioner Tank Floor Heating
Heatpump
Thermal Storage
DESCRIPTION The prototype is part of our design processand unveils our choices: for a better functioning and a closeness of the variousnetworks of the city, for the re-useand enhancement of the existing environment.
The modularity of the accommodation means that space can be adapted to the needs of the tenants throughout their lives. Our proposal is linked to materiality.It does not only imply technical performances but it considers
the life cycleof each inserted element. It is about studyingthe material interaction with the system it is grafted into. These choices aim at improving the users’ quality of lifethrough responsible design.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY
Netherlands
PROJECT NAME The Skin
TEAM NAME Prêt-à-loger
UNIVERSITY NAME TU Delft
SLOGAN/TAGLINE Evolve not change, improve not replace
DESCRIPTION The floor plan of the house is mostly open. The guests will enter the house through the front entrance which opens in a large space containing the living room and dining room, next to the kitchen. From the living room you can enter the big greenhouse at the back
of the house.The climate scheme shows how the climate system works on a summer day. The glass skin can open as a garage door, making large openings which naturally ventilate the house through draft. The space between the roof and the glass house
generates a stack effect which naturally sucks out the air. The floor cooling cools down the interior even more.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY Denmark
PROJECT NAME Embrace
TEAM NAME Team DTU
UNIVERSITY NAME
Technical University of Denmark
SLOGAN/TAGLINE Smart Save Share
DESCRIPTION Embrace is thought to be housing a unit that can be multiplied and integrated in a larger urban scale as part of a new building or added on top of an existing building. The interior is designed as an open flexible space with the option of opening up
to the outside. Through sharing facilities such as washing machines and common kitchen appliances, Embrace optimizes the use of functions and area. The concept is ‘need to have’ instead of ‘nice to have’. The envelope is separated into a thermal envelope and a weather shield.
This provides the thermal conditions for growing fruits and vegetables in an urban garden. The thermal envelope consists of three prefab volume elements that fulfill the requirements for transportation.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY
Chile / France
PROJECT NAME Casa FENIX
TEAM NAME Team FENIX
UNIVERSITY NAME
UTFSM / IUT La Rochelle
SLOGAN/TAGLINE
For Emergency post-Natural Impact eXtreme
DESCRIPTION Team Casa FENIX takes on the challenge of designing a sustainable and energy-independent home which can be deployed quickly following a disaster to respond to the emergency and which can be adapted to different climates. This is an opportunity to explore
passive design strategies, given that energy and water supplies are often affected during and after a disaster and this also has a severe effect on people’s comfort. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has proposed that after a natural disaster
there are three clearly defined stages: Emergency, Relief and Reconstruction. The conceptual idea for Casa FENIX contemplates three modules to be implemented progressively to finally become a permanent home.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY
United States, Germany
PROJECT NAME Techstyle Haus
TEAM NAME Inside/Out
UNIVERSITY NAME
Brown University. Rhode Island School of Design University of Applied Sciences, Erfurt
SLOGAN/TAGLINE
Passive House, Active Experience
Connecting Everyone to Sustainable Living
35˚ 30˚
DESCRIPTION Our design focuses on three key themes: weaving, transformation, and playfulness. Techstyle Haus will have a lightweight structure through the use of a multi-layer, adaptable textile enclosure: the exterior walls will capture solar energy and insulate the house, while textiles will be utilized internally to create an easily reconfigurable space that can adapt to the diverse and ever-changing demands of modern living. Furthermore, Techstyle Haus will
be built to meet the Passivhaus standard, the highest international standard for energy efficiency. The use of textiles as a principal building component has the potential to minimize the environmental impact of material transportation and the assembly process. As an affordable, lightweight, super-insulated solar home, Techstyle Haus will set a standard for the next generation of residential architecture. Techstyle Haus
will encourage its occupants to engage in healthy and sustainable living habits within both the home and its surrounding community through the use of compelling, positive feedback responses and an emphasis on living playfully. Techstyle Haus’ surrounding landscape will act as an interactive playground that encourages visitors to explore and learn from its engineering and architectural systems. Techstyle Haus
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY Thailand
PROJECT NAME
Solar Decathlon Europe 2014
TEAM NAME KMUTT
UNIVERSITY NAME King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
SLOGAN/TAGLINE Baan Chaan
DESCRIPTION Baan Chaan means ‘Terrace House’ in Thai, and represent Thai houses which have terraces as a main component of the house. Baan Chaan can also mean ‘My Home’. The concept of Baan Chaan is “adaptive house” because it can be adapted
to suit the users. This concept can apply to single housing, collective housing, or urban housing design. Thai traditional houses are designed according to the context around them therefore they only needs minimum active mechanical systems to operate and live comfortably. The house is also designed to
survive to floods by using traditional wisdom, which is to ‘live sustainability as a community’ The whole community will be able to survive floods by helping each other out during these disasters by using common facilities, landscape, and shared space between households.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY
Switzerland
PROJECT NAME your+
TEAM NAME
Team Lucerne – Suisse
UNIVERSITY NAME Lucerne University
SLOGAN/TAGLINE Our vision is your+
DESCRIPTION Cooperatives have a long tradition in Switzerland dating back Centuries when “Alpgenossenschaften” (Cooperatives) were formed in Switzerland to preserve the way of life here. Since then, the idea of working together has been deeply rooted in Swiss society. We utilize this cultural tradition with our your+ concept and interpret
the idea of cooperatives in a new way: a shared living network-your+. Our three room pavilion showcases part of the living area that will be available to the residents of your+. From the entire conceptual structure we extract three rooms as an example of options and layout. We choose to have a block style building because of the space saving attributes
and the urban setting and density of Switzerland. While this concept does not lend itself to the small footprint we must conform to, we are confident we can portray the living area of the lifestyle benefits through the structure we will bring to Versailles.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY Mexico
PROJECT NAME Casa
TEAM NAME
[MEX] México UNAM
UNIVERSITY NAME Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
SLOGAN/TAGLINE VIVA
DESCRIPTION The CASA system is an affordable lightweight building technology comprised of a series of products that deliver a personalized energy efficient house that is environmentally responsible and faster to build.
Aimed for underdeveloped residual spaces inside the city, CASA is a feasible option for immediate densification that diminishes the cost of land and reduces the distance between people and their activities, regenerating
a degraded ecosystem at a local scale while building resilience in the face of imminent climate change and economic crisis.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY Germany
PROJECT NAME On Top
TEAM NAME On Top
UNIVERSITY NAME
University of applied sciences Frankfurt
SLOGAN/TAGLINE Symbionize it!
WINTER behavior incidence angle of sunlight
SUMMER behavior
16°
incidence angle of sunlight
south-facing windows Increased solar gain
winter garden Buffer zone
63°
roof overhang Prvention from direct sun
south-oriented roof Energy production unshaded position
cross ventilation Passive cooling
10°
Elevation south M 1:100 1. Floor M 1:100
thermal insulation Reduction of thermal bridges
thermal insulation Reduction of heat loss
air tightness
southern facade shading system
thermal mass
Prevention from overheating
DESCRIPTION The main idea is the intraurban densification by the help of a build-up on top of an already existingbuilding. Thereby additional living space is created, where densification on ground level is not possible due to densely built-up areas. At the same time the build-up is able to produce an energy surplus by building integrated solar energy technique, because it is elevated
and ideally unshaded. This surplus is transferred to the existing building stock, on which it is built. Thus the old building carries the new building and provides energy for itself and partly for the old building. A symbiosis comes into existence. We refer to the smaller partner of this symbiosis – our prototype for the SDEurope 2014 – as a symbiont.
Here synergies with regard to economy (new living space), ecology (energy change) and society (demographic change) are used. A new entity is formed by the new build-up and the existing building. The symbiogenesis – as we call this new entity – is an innovative and intelligent node which blends in with the energy, mobility and social networks of the city.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY France
PROJECT NAME LiveLib
TEAM NAME Team Paris
UNIVERSITY NAME Université Paris-Est
SLOGAN/TAGLINE
Free to live, free to leave
DESCRIPTION The LiveLib is a residential building composed by two elements: the «hub» and the «capsules». The «hub» is essentially a multifunctional tower containing systems such as energy production, ventilation, electric equipment, waste and rainwater management, as well as vertical access. It gathers all the technological
infrastructure needed for the sustainable growth of a home into a single hub where the expenses are managed by the city. Each hub will have several ports able to receive a «capsule» of habitation, property of the citizen, that is plugged into it. The capsule’s plug serves as the center of all the energetic and physical
exchange, that will shift the owners’ expenses depending on their consumptions. The idea is to make a dense area of individual homes in which people have access to their needs, but are also aware of their responsibilities and their role in sustainable development.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY Spain
PROJECT NAME SymbCity
TEAM NAME Plateau Team
UNIVERSITY NAME UAH & UCLM
SLOGAN/TAGLINE Build up !
DESCRIPTION Based on the concept of “sustainable re-densification” we propose the colonization of available spaces on existing buildings’ roof decks. This concept could also apply to lower floors or leftover spaces located in between existing walls. This concept
generates a new urban complexity based on a symbiotic relationship between new and old whose association benefit all implicated parts. This increase of density and its exploitation will allow financing energy upgrades and accessibility facilities of the occupied building.
This urban regeneration challenge addresses social, technical and economical issues. It opens opportunities for energy efficiency improvement not only for new constructions but also for existing housing buildings.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY
France & United States
PROJECT NAME
Maison Reciprocity
TEAM NAME
Team Réciprocité
UNIVERSITY NAME
Appalachian State University Université d’Angers
SLOGAN/TAGLINE
ReThink. ReLive. ReImagine.
Entry Porch
Seasonal Solstice
Kitchen / Living
Rain / Sun Screens
Mechanical
ISAAC + AAPS
Media / Guest
Vegetation
Bath
Ventilation
Garden Deck
Insulated Shell
Bed Loft
Solar Thermal
Stair Hall
ERV + HVAC + DeWDe
Office / Lounge
Photovoltaic Array
DESCRIPTION Inspired by natural ecosystems which foster a symbiotic equilibrium between individual parts through interaction and exchange, Maison Reciprocity is a reimagined row house that seeks balance between aesthetics and performance, design and construction, spaces and systems via the integration of common sense
design strategies, technologically innovative building systems, and energy efficient construction techniques. Maison Reciprocity is composed of three interdependent systems to create an energy-plus row house prototype: the Urban Shell, an energy efficient structural envelope; the CHORD, an integrated building systems core;
and the Living Brise-Soleil, building skin components that produce energy and provide shelter. Maison Reciprocity cultivates effective urban density through mixed-use planning, open design principles, and clear program relationships.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY Italy
PROJECT NAME
RhOME for denCity
TEAM NAME Team Rhome
UNIVERSITY NAME
UniversitĂ degli studi di Roma Tre
SLOGAN/TAGLINE A home for Rome
DESCRIPTION RhOME is a house for everyone, designed to be a social housing model for roman urban contest with high energy efficiency performances, but at the same time sober. It is an affordable dwelling that responds to optimal comfort conditions. The team is working
on two different urban areas disconnected from Rome. The first one is in the suburbs, afflicted by buildings that are the product of unauthorized construction. The other is next to the dismissed railway routes, representing urban voids. The tissue is reconnected by five stories
wooden buildings in a urban compound where the social spaces are the main interaction. High passive behaviour features, natural materials, renewability, reutilization and recycling are the main guidelines of the project.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY Germany
PROJECT NAME Rooftop
TEAM NAME Team Rooftop
UNIVERSITY NAME
University of Arts Berlin Technische Universität Berlin
SLOGAN/TAGLINE Think rooftop
DESCRIPTION As a team from Berlin, we have taken on the task of densifying the existing city centers with energy efficient dwelling units that dock onto existing structures, creating a better energy budget for the entire city. Two main elements of the house are the folding facade
and the core module. The fold-up facade enables the house to optimally adapt to the different weather conditions - in summer opening up like a flower towards the sun and providind shadow and in winter - the down folded solar facade can provide a higher level
of insulation. The core module in the the center of the living space contains the technical equipment and provides storage room as well as a comfortable bathroom and kitchen with an incredible sky view.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY India
PROJECT NAME Project H Naught
TEAM NAME Team Shunya
UNIVERSITY NAME
Academy of Architecture, Mumbai Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
SLOGAN/TAGLINE
Building a sustainable future
DESCRIPTION The urban culture fabricated by a series of dedicated open spaces link up where the functions intersperse, thusrefraining from creating rigid zones. These spaces function as cultural hubs. With highly dense population, commercial strips run across the city,
urban life is planned with convenience to transportation and the factor of accessibility. The neighborhood is designed as a mixed-use sector with commercial activities on ground-level and residential dwellings above. Based on the passive solar principles
and Vastu Shastra, the 700 sq ft house accommodates 6 people. The design has been optimized with respect to heating, ventilation and lighting strategy.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY Costa Rica
PROJECT NAME Tropika
TEAM NAME Tec Team
UNIVERSITY NAME
Costa Rica Institute of Technology
SLOGAN/TAGLINE
Reacting and acting for the elderly
DESCRIPTION Tropika is the solar house for the tropics, where solar energy is a diamond on the rough. Approximately forty percent of the world’s population lives in the tropics, representing a great opportunity for innovation. The house was designed to maximize
efficiency and versatility so it can be constructed from a single story house to a four story building. Costa Rica, like many other tropical regions, enjoys a relatively mild climate without major extremes of heat or cold, making it more suitable for ‘green’
buildings than other regions. We want to emphasize in reducing energy consumption by taking advantage of cross-ventilation and use of natural light. We picked a site in the urban areaof the capital to project the construction.
TEAM PROJECT POSTER
VERSAILLES SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014
COUNTRY Taiwan
PROJECT NAME Orchid House
TEAM NAME Nctu Unicode
UNIVERSITY NAME
National Chiao Tung University
SLOGAN/TAGLINE Green Tops!
GREEN CORE COOLING
WATER TANK
HOUSE SHADING
N
GREEN CORE COOLING
DESCRIPTION Orchid is a type of epiphytic plant that usually grows on another plant : this can be compared to the situation of the rooftops in Taiwan. Orchid’s living environment requires great natural ventilation, sufficient indirect
lighting and good drainage system. We would like to utilize this fundamental characterictic as a metaphor for the design of Orchid House, the innovative rooftop addition to the existing buildings. The Orchid
House aims for easy assembly, high energy efficiency, and high quality space and also carries a mission which is to revitalize the old buildings in downtown Taipei.