dontDIY's thoughtful Passive house design sees off international competition
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dontDIY's thoughtful Passive house design has won an international competition to design an ultra-low energy house to be built in Bulgaria (Image: Passive House Bulgaria)
The sloping roof, which lends the design a somewhat jaunty cross-section, is not the result of mere architectural whimsy. These have been carefully measured up in order to achieve optimal facade-to-volume and facade-to-floor area ratios (Image: Passive House Bulgaria)
The house's second floor has been designed as entirely open plan (fret not, the bathroom is downstairs) in order to optimize natural ventilation (Image: Passive House Bulgaria)
Sections through dontDIY's winning design (Image: Passive House Bulgaria)
Interior renderings of dontDIY's winning design (Image: Passive House Bulgaria)
Honorable mention: Seymour-Smith Architects - judges praised the design's solar shading and facade details (Image: Passive House Bulgaria)
Honorable mention: Dragos Fodoreanu - judges liked the "simple but effective" layout
Honorable mention: Peter Tchordov - it was the mechanical design and sunlight control methods that the judges liked most
Honorable mention: SPA Inovations (one n, don't shoot the messenger) - judges fell of their chairs at the use of "wood pellets and water reflection of the sun light to the solar panels"
Article Summary
Passive House Bulgaria recently announced the winner of its international competition to design a low-energy domicile to be built in Lozen, a village very close to Sofia. The winning entry, from Bulgarian outfit dontDIY, is not only eye-catching, but also fully compliant with the rigorous, though voluntary, Passive house standard.
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