residential june - july 2011 WARM AIR FLOWING OUT
PASSIVE COOLING MODEL
BREEZE COMING IN
Project designer: arch Francesco Minniti - Collaborator: arch. Alessandra Candarella
her private dwelling and the second for her sister's. The design of the building is strictly related to the local climatic conditions (warm and windy most of the year, very hot in summer), all the windows are linked to the internal small courtyard so that a natural air circolation, across the dwellings, pushes all the warm air out the top of the courtyard. A better termal insulation is provided by a roof garden and brise solail in some windows.
Client: Dorata Burgaretta
Client requested a three level residential building on his lot, sited on the west border of Portopalo di Capo Passero; she needed a basement level for