Haus Am Venusgarten
ENERGY:
- Highly insulated, pre-fabricated walls
- Intelligent use of windows for passive solar gains
- Absolutely wind- and airtight building envelope
- Mechanical ventilation with heat recovery
- No energy for cooling: roller shutters + ventilative cooling
INDOOR CLIMATE:
Comfort / Daylight:
- Unusual high amount of daylight (average daylight factor of some 9 %); very balanced daylighting
- High amount of direct light in all living areas
Ventilation
- Mechanical ventilation + perfectly positioned windows for ventilation
- Skylights to use the stack-effect for summer comfort
- Untreated timber for ceiling, floor and walls
ENVIRONMENT:
- Increase the living area without using land = intelligent increase of density
- Sensitively integrated into the old village
- Untreated, local timber as building material
- Interaction between the building and the landscape: perfect view towards river Danube
DI Volker Dienst in cooperation with Arch. DI Christoph Feldbacher transformed this old building to a stylish and modern loft – a “house-on–the-house“-concept – with a breath taking view towards river Danube. Inspite of new appearance the planners acted very sensitively and managed to integrate the renovated building very well in the old village. House at Venusgarden is also a perfect example of integrated planning: the architects integrated the structural designers, daylight and light planners and home automation planners from the very early design phase. Each detail has been planned – only because of those facts it was possible to achieve such an outstanding quality in each respect.
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DI Christina Brunner
VELUX Österreich GmbH
architecture & daylight planning
Email: christina.brunner@velux.com
