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project Theaimof thisambitious of Ing.PaulBraunstdtter wasto buildthefirstzeroenergy housing estate inAustria onthesouthern slopeof theDunkelstein forest. The principals alsoattached importance to applying a construction method whichwas totally sympathetic to theenvironment. Projectcriteria Theproject comprises sixdwelling unitsintwobuildings to serve22 people astheir permanent residence. Thebuildings areprecisely oriented to thesouth, witheachdwelling unithaving a two-storey conservatory attached to thefront,andon the northern, eastern and western sidesareembanked to rooflevelandgrassed. Masonry facingtheoutside air,whichwasoriginally specified as brick,wasbuiltof Lecaton masonry in viewof an alternative offerfromthefirmLeitner. Melk.which wascontracted to carryoutthebuilding work.Lecabrickswerealsousedfor the interior (east,north,west)was andpartition walls.Theremaining exterior masonry constructed asdouble-wall masonry withanintermediate layerof heatinsulation. Theentire internal wallplasterwork plaster (bvthe wascarried outas loammachine firmNaturundLehm, Roland Meingast, Baden). Ancillarybuildings Tothenorthof thetworesidential buildings arelocated a workshop andthecovered car-parking spaces. Theroofof thisancillary building, whichhasa slopeof 45 degrees andfacesexactly south, incorporates a solarenergy installation witha collectorareaof 120m'?. Thisinstallation supplies theenergy requirement for thehot watersystem andsomeof thespaceheating. Wastewaterdisposal Aninnovative approach is alsoapplied to thedisposal of sewage andeffluent inthe eco-estate. Theestate's ownplanfbased sewage treatment facility is nearing completion whichwillmaketheresrdents independent plant,which of a publicsewage doesnotyetexist. Ventilation During themonths whenheating is required ventilation of theliving spaceis provided bya ventilation system withsupply airandexhaust airfansdesigned to change the airin thebuilding 0.5timesperhour.Theexhaust airis conducted through a concreteductwhichalsocarries supply air in PEpipes.Heatis transferred fromthe exhaust airpipethrough thesoilintotheadjacent supply airpipeaswellas intothe ground intheclosevicinity as storage medium. When theoutside temperatures are verylowheatfromtheground is alsousedto preheat thesupply air. lnsummer thissystem is usedto coolthefreshairsupply, if necessary. According to requirements andthe heatsupply, thesupplyair canbe introduced directly intotheroomsof thehouse, conducied through theconservatory andheated up or (inlateautumn) conducted through a ground storage medrum to thenorth of thebuilding. Heating November-December: Inthesummer months twobufferstorage unts eachwitha capacity of 8000litresfortheheating anda third8000-litre storage unitforthehot watersupplyareheated up by the solarenergy rnstallation, Thelowtemperature heating system viawallandfloorsurfaces is onlyactivated if thisheating requirementcanno longer be metbytheheatrecovery facility of theventilation system. lf nodirecisolarpoweris available theground storage unit,whichserves asa ground collector, is cooleddownto about14 to 15 degrees by a brine-water heatpump. Theheating system isthensupplied fromthebuffer units.
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hasbeenconsumed during thesummer stored Oncetheenergy December-January: solarpower systemandthepassive unitintheventilation storage theheatrecovery requireTheresidual to supplyenergy. continue inputsthroughthe conservatories fromthegroundstorage bytheheatpumpwhichnowdrawsenergy mentis covered daysthesolarpowerunitcanalsocoverthelowtem0n sunny unit(orcollectod. perature system. rangeof theheating theenergy canagainsupply InFebruary thesolarpowerinstallation February-March: no furtherheatpumpenergyis watersystem,andusually required by the service inMarch. required Lardercooling whichis locatcoolthelarder it possible to cheaply heatpumpmakes Theinstalled maintain a temperature registers cooling Theinstalled of thehouse. edinthemiddle for the available theheatrecovered andtheheatpumpmakes of 8 to 12 degrees ! hotwatersupply.
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Thursis a smallisland whichis situated in beautiful surroundings nearthetownSvendborg. is oneof theoldestandthe secondlargest Svendborg townontheisland Fyn. Nearby on the island TisingethelovingcoupleElvira Madigan andSixtenSparrecommitted At that suicide. get married time150yearsagotheycouldn't because of theredifferent moreand backgrounds Nowadays morepeoplewantto livernthe countrysidefar away placesnear fromthe bigcity.Oneof themostpopular Svendborg is theisland Thuro. 50 - 60 yearsagoa boatwascarrying islanders, animals,wagonsetc.overthe soundbetween Svendborg andThurs.Today anembankment is buildwithoneroadpopulation way.Concurrently withthegrowing onThursit wasdecided, a fewyearagoto builda bicycle track, Neartheembankment thesubsoil is verysoft- it consistsof mire,clayandsand. youhaveto usepiling,compensaTominimize settings tionwithLecalightfillingmaterial or just replacethe softsoilwithsand.Thecompensation method waschosenbecause it wasthecheapest andmuchmoreeasy to handle. Thelightfilingmaterial wasnon-graded Lecafrom0 to 20 mmgrainsize,TheLecawasplacedon geotextile in layersof 40 cm- thencompressed witha caterpillar machine. 0n top of theLeca,geotextile wasplacedto avoidmixture withthesurrounding materials. Thesand andgravelwerelaidoutandfinally asphalt. Oneof thespecialities inthisembankment wasplacing a n dc om pac t ing t he L e c au n d e w r a te rl e v e l B . eing lighterthanwater- approximately density 300 kglm'it seemsan impossible in practice it is task.However no problem. Firsta bagof geotextile is placedin the waterto prevent theLecafromflowing away. It is not necessary to fastenthe geotextile to the bottom of the basinas the Lecawillfill out the bagand placeit correctly. automatically Whenthe Lecais filled intothe waterthe firstgrainswillof courseflow.The following tonsof fillingwillpresstheLecadownto the bottom. Afterplacing theLecait is important to secure theconstruction by placing the heavyfillingon thetop. lf not theconstruction canflowawayincaseof highwater. Theamount of Lecausedas compensation fillingwas 850 m3non-graded Leca. Thevearof construction was1997.r
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etingen OFT H EM O N U ME NATN D AN SF OR M IT IN T OA H A LL F ORE U R H Y TH MIC S In 1853 the B el gi anA rmyaskedarchit ectLouis R oel andt to desi gnandbui l da ri di ngacademfyor Belgium's cavalry.Unfortunately thisbeautiful building wasneglected andafterWWllthearmyevenusedit as a deposit for armyvehicles.In the 70'sthe building wassavedfromdemolition andput on the list of protectedmonuments. ln 7997 the city of Ghentandthe organizalion Forza (Zomergem) Ritmica askedarchitect RudyCoopman to restorethe monument andtransform it intoa hallfor eurhythmics. 0n a surfaceof about1.000m'?,the architect hadto designan entrance hall,a surface for ballet,eurhythmicsandaerobics, 5 dressing rooms, a cafeteria, sanitaryfacilities, ... Themostimportant criteria werethebuilding's acoustical performances. Foreurhythmics, a sportsbranch wheresoundandmotionsteeltheshow,echoes areto avoid.Whilethe existing roofandwallshadto keep theiroriginal shapeandappearance, thisacoustical requirement wasn'teasyto realize. Fromthe veryfirststartthe architect assumed that boththeconstruction's propershapeandthematerial's problem. tieshadto resolve thiscomplex Firstof all he designed roundshaped standsalongthe kaining surface. S econdlTopargex y fai r-faced masonr was y used because qualit ies. of i ts aestheti cal andacoust ical Architect Coopman evencombined Topargex blocks withdifferent textures.Blocksshowing a sawnsurface alternate withbothcoarseandfinetextured blocks. Theprojecthasbeenso successful thatnotonlysports practice teamsbutalsochoirsandorchestras in "Arena VanVletingen". Evena partof Flanders Festival willtakeplacethere.r
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A maintenance-free dreamhouse wheninteriordesign as possible wasto be as maintenancejree Thedreamhouse "VillaNorrdngen", together Margareta Linneldesigned thestonebuilding consultant Bo. withherhusband wantblocks,theLinnells to useLecainsulation blocksandbuilding Beforedeciding to visitoneof thefactories anddecided beingmanufactured ed to seethematerial wheretheblocksaremade. relations between the hasbeenbuilton excellent Sincethen," VillaNorriingen" the ownerwereableto Throughout the project, andsupplier. contractor designer, specific solutions. theworkanddevelop influence timber,the supplier Whentheyfellfor the ideaof puttingin beamsof demolition withbuildwindowlintelscomplemented usingthinner thisandsuggested arranged courseabove, ingblocksinthemasonry construction, theyalsofoundthatthe upperpartsof the windows Afterbeginning replaced andq newblock werenotquitetherightsize,Thelastblockwastherefore thedesired cornice. halfasthickprovided
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