150 Best Sustainable House Ideas by Francesc Zamora

Author:Francesc Zamora
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2013-03-10T16:00:00+00:00

Each room has a window to allow for cross-ventilation. The air space between the roof and the acrylic ceiling exhausts heated air in the summer and serves as a heat buffer in the winter.

075 Make the most of natural light coming from skylights with partitions that are short of the ceiling for even lighting.

076 Translucent screens below skylights help distribute light evenly, minimizing glare and excessive heat gain.

Byoubugaura House

Architects: Takeshi Hosaka Architects

Location: Yokohama, Japan

Photography: © Koji Fujii

A house with a basement and two floors aboveground is sandwiched by existing houses to the north and south. On the east, the site faces a ten-foot retaining wall. In response, the slabs of all floors are bent upward near the façades to maintain the same window size on all floors. This design attempts to bring air and light to the partially underground basement.

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