Urban design
Passive House developments The following housing estates illustrate in a number of different ways how the Passive House concept can be incorporated in the design of an urban district.
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6.13 Passive House housing estate in Lystrup (DK) 2009; architects: Schmidt Hammer Lassen; construction design: Olav Langenkamp; energy concept: passivhus.dk a photo b site plan 6.14 Passive House infill development in Fellbach (D) 2011; architects: Brucker Architekten; energy concept: ebök a photo b site plan with surroundings c model d site plan 6.15 Urban district built according to Passive House standards, Bahnstadt in Heidelberg (D) 2012;
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urban design concept: Trojan+Trojan, energy concept: ebök a model b schematic diagram c urban design 6.16 Two Passive House housing estates: Lodenareal and Youth Olympic Village in Innsbruck (A) 2009/2011, architects: Architekturwerkstatt dina4, teamk2 architects, Reitter Architekten a aerial view of Lodenareal b Lodenareal site plan c perimeter block development: Lodenareal (phase 1) d detached apartment blocks: Olympic Village (phase 2)
Terrace housing estate in Lystrup (DK) Denmark’s largest housing estate designed according to climate protection targets is located in Lystrup near Aarhus. The development incorporating 32 terrace houses features an urban design with a serial character using very traditional south-facing terrace houses. The buildings have been erected by a property developer using a timber construction method and without basements. Narrow footpaths provide access to the individual homes; roads and car parking facilities, on the other hand, have been positioned on the site boundary. The development is complemented by a community house, which forms a social and cultural meeting point within the estate. The tower-shaped elements, accommodating the two-storey-high main living rooms, create a rhythm in the terraces, which has become a very characteristic feature of the development. Passive House development in Fellbach (D) The City of Fellbach bought the site of a former garden centre close to the town centre to develop a Passive House housing estate. Designed to shield the interior space from the main road, the project features a comb-shaped development in the east with a staggered roof line. The short terraces on the west side are slightly offset from the development in the east. The buildings adopt the small-scale configuration of the neighbourhood. Despite the somewhat low density, the Passive House estate could be developed in a cost-efficient way using standard solid construction methods. Two housing estates in Innsbruck (A) The largest Passive House housing estate in Austria is distinguished by two different building typologies – a perimeter block development and detached apartment blocks. As a consequence, it has been possible to directly compare the different design approaches in terms of open space and building typology. The first construction phase (Loden areal), based on a competition design, did not provide ideal conditions to implement the Passive House concept due to the continuous balconies with integrated loggias and the elaborate ventilation sys-