• The concept is characterized by strong volumes composed by different materials and connected to each others. Those volumes have few windows along the street, but are completely opened toward the common space in the middle of the plot. The use of materials such as steel, glass, wood and natural stone, and the planning of many wide terraces at every level and a roof garden.

• To improve the energy efficiency the walls are ventilated in a traditional way to waste daily direct radiation. The same principle will be used in the roofs. This is also usable for windows that should have both low thermal transmission and a cavity to permit ventilation.

• thermal exchange with earth. As earth maintains an almost constant temperature few meters under the surface, it permits to cool structures during the night, to contrast sun irradiation during the day and to stagger the thermal peak. This will permit the use of high comfort and low power consumption systems inside (radiant air conditioning with control of the humidity) cooling by the water of swimming pools,

• of the pool in the boulevard (plot 342-398) and of the fountain in the common square (plot 332-269) using the principle of the cooling by evaporation. Air heat is transferred to water under the form of latent heat to produce evaporation. As a result both the air will be cooled and the humidity will rise giving a better comfort. natural ventilation uses the stack effect that is temperature induced.

• When there is a temperature difference between two adjoining volumes of air the warmer air will have lower density and will rise above the cold air creating an upward air stream. Forced stack effect in a building takes place in a traditional fire place. This principle is especially effective arranged together with an underground heat exchanger that utilize the earth's near constant subterranean temperature to cool air for residential uses.
• They are often a viable and economical alternative to conventional cooling systems since there are no compressors or burners and only blowers are required to move the air solar panels to warm sanitary water green walls. The new technological skills for the creation of green walls are proving a new concept of outer coating. The system not only allows the use of more interesting plants, but it is a real way to control the microclimate.

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credits

Client: private investor

Architects, management
and art directors:
Matta and Partners
arch. Guido Matta
studiomobile architetti
Cristiana Favretto, Antonio Girardi

Structures and work supervision:
Studio Ingegneria Tiziano Bonato