SDE 2014 - Project profiles - EN

SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014

PROJECT PROFILES

SOLAR VERSAILLES FROM

28 06 TO 14 07 2014

www.solardecathlon2014.fr @sde2014

Solar Decathlon Europe 2014

COMPETING TEAMS ≥

SOLAR INDEX

ATLANTIC CHALLENGE / PHILÉAS

Nantes / FRANCE RESSÒ / RESSÒ

Barcelona / SPAIN EFDEN / EFDEN

Bucharest / ROMANIA CHIBA UNIVERSITY JAPAN / RENAIHOUSE

Chiba / JAPAN PRÊT-À-LOGER / THE SKIN

SUBSTITUTION TEAMS ≥

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Mexico City / MEXICO

ONTOP / ONTOP

Frankfurt / GERMANY TEAM PARIS / LIVELIB

Paris / FRANCE PLATEAU TEAM / SYMCITY

Alcala & La Mancha / SPAIN TEAM RÉCIPROCITÉ / MAISON RECIPROCITY

Boone & Angers / USA & FRANCE TEAM RHOME / RHOME FOR DENCITY

Roma / ITALY TEAM ROOFTOP / ROOFTOP

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Delft / NETHERLANDS

DTU TEAM / EMBRACE

Copenhagen / DENMARK TEAM FENIX / CASA FENIX

Valparaiso & La Rochelle / CHILE & FRANCE INSIDE OUT / TECHSTYLE HAUS

Rhode Island & Erfurt / USA & GERMANY KMUTT TEAM / ADAPTIVE HOUSE

Bangkok / THAILAND TEAM LUCERNE - SUISSE / YOUR+

Lucerne / SWITZERLAND TEAM MEXICO UNAM / CASA

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Berlin / GERMANY

TEAM SHUNYA / PROJECT H NAUGHT

Mumbai / INDIA TEC TEAM / TROPIKA

Cartago / COSTA RICA UNICODE / ORCHID HOUSE

Hsinchu / TAIWAN

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SUNSLICE / SUNSLICE

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Turin / ITALY

VIA-UJI SD EUROPE 2014 / ÉBRICKHOUSE 33

Aarhus & Castellón de la Plana / DENMARK & SPAIN UPTIM / RÉTROFIX 34

Timisoara / ROMANIA

TEAM SWEDEN / 02

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TEAM UNIZG / MEMBRAIN

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Göteborg / SWEDEN Zagreb / CROATIA

TURKEY TEAM / STACKED HOUSE

THE UAE TEAM / UAECO HOUSE

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Istanbul / TURKEY Dubai / UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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INTRODUCTION TO SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014

With this new edition in 2014 in France, development of the Rules refines the requirements to be met

by Teams & their projects.

SOLAR DECATHLON ≥ The Solar Decathlon is an international competition created by the U.S. Department of Energy in which universities from all over the world meet to design, build and operate a grid-connected, energetically self-sufficient house. The houses use solar energy as the only energy source and are equipped with all the technologies that permit maximum energy efficiency. During the final phase of the competition Teams assemble their houses, open to the general public, while undergoing the ten contests of the competition. These ten contests make this event a Decathlon.

SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE ≥ The Solar Decathlon Europe (SDE) was created through a signed agreement between the Ministry of Housing of the Government of Spain and the United States Government, in October 2007, in order to organize a sustainable solar house competition in Europe, in 2010 and 2012. The 2014 edition of this competition will be hosted

by France, in Versailles. The SDE 2014 Organization’s goal is to contribute to the knowledge and dissemination of industrialized, solar and sustainable housing, and has the following fundamental objectives:

A key objective is to provide habitats that answer to today’s triple challenges: energy, environment and society. The evaluation of the proposed projects, via the 10 criteria of the Decathlon, covers major issues related to houses of the future. The 2014 Solar Decathlon Europe Organization in France has decided to focus on the six following issues:

1/ DENSITY Nowadays, most of the population lives in cities where building development is rare and expensive.

Denser housing solutions are needed in order to minimize environmental impacts.

The Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 Competition intends to encourage projects for collective housing projects rather than individual houses. Solutions for rural localization will however be considered.

Projects should nevertheless address the issue of agrarian land consumption and propose a comprehensive approach to environmental design.

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To raise participating students’ awareness of the benefits and opportunities gained through the use of renewable energies and sustainable construction, challenging them to think creatively and develop innovative solutions that contribute to energy savings.

To encourage professionals of the building industry.

To select materials and systems that reduce the environmental impact of a building over its entire lifetime, optimizing its economic viability and providing comfort and safety of occupants.

To educate the general public about responsible energy use, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and the technologies available to help reduce energy consumption.

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To emphasize a correct order of intervention: the reduction of building energy consumption for increased energy efficiency, integrating solar active systems and other renewable technologies. Building systems must be selected and dimensioned using environmental and cost-effective criteria.

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To encourage the use of solar technologies.

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To promote architecturally attractive solar system integration, working on using solar technologies to replace conventional construction materials in the building envelope such as the roof, skylights or facades.

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To clearly demonstrate that high performance solar homes can be comfortable, attractive and affordable.

SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014

Every year, the Competition evolves to increase energy performance requirements.

While it is important to ensure a renewable energy supply, it is even more important to limit demand and thus energy consumption.

This trend will continue in 2014 with a limitation of photovoltaic power installed, an important evaluation of energy efficiency and a strong incentive to “produce and consume wisely”.

4/ INNOVATION The Solar Decathlon is an academic competition, and innovation must remain at the heart of the project considering components from all angles: architecture, construction, energy systems, furnishings, but also house appliances.

Criteria measured in the Solar Decathlon corresponds to the needs that should satisfy inhabitants.

There are performance requirements which can be met in a variety of ways. A project meeting these needs & requirements with frugality will be more favourably evaluated than a project with multiple redundant solutions.

5/ AFFORDABILITY

2/ MOBILITY

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3/ SOBRIETY

An important evolution of the Solar Decathlon 2014 is a focus on the problem of mobility. It is also a major issue for the future, and the strong interaction between mobility and housing makes inevitable its introduction into the Competition rules.

Mobility refers primarily, but not only, to the location of housing relative to “resources” (shopping, work, leisure...) . It also raises the question of energy coupling between positive energy building and electrical transportation systems, or any kind of vehicle providing a dual function for renewable energy, intermittent storage and means of transport.

The Solar Decathlon Europe aims to be a testing ground for an holistic approach to innovative solutions merging urban design, housing and transportation systems.

A Competition strictly oriented toward innovation and the involvement of industrial partners could result in an unavoidable increase of investment in sophisticated and expensive equipment.

Teams should keep in mind that affordability remains the key issue for applicable sustainable architectural and urban solutions.

This aspect of the Competition is evaluated through the “Urban Design, Transportation and Affordability” contest.

The SDE Organization wants to point to the fact that in the midst of a major economic crisis, the financial factor will be assessed as a determining aspect of each proposal as well as a bold criteria for the final project presented in 2014 in Versailles.

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6/ THE PROJECT IN ITS ENVIRONMENT VS. THE PROTOTYPE IN COMPETITION It may seem paradoxical that teams from around the world design a prototype of a house adapted to their region of origin, while being efficient on the site of the competition.

This paradox is clearly affirmed and each project must be a quality response to the cultural, climatic and social contexts of team’s region as well as a high-performance prototype that should successfully perform during the short period of time during which it is compared with others. This duality is meant to encourage young minds to acknowledge both sources of inspiration for the future: the very local conditions

of each specific team tied to its homeland and the universal dimensions of an international common goal for the planet.

This double stream of thoughts is also meant to install an innovative cultural relationship for R&D in the field of building industries: future urban designers, architects and engineers as well as social and financial managers are required to find the most adapted solutions for a specific context while sharing the most innovative ideas with colleagues from other countries.

DIVERSITY OF PROJECT PROFILES ≥ In 2014, Versailles will welcome 20 teams originating from 17 countries and 3 continents. Each Team has to come up with a zero-energy housing solution that fits the context and specificities of its homeland. This desire to take into account the environment in which the prototype is meant to evolve provides this 2014 edition with various and distinct profiles tackling themes as broad as:

New housing typologies Sharing & community LUCERNE TEAM SWITZERLAND BARCELONA TECH 2014 SPAIN

Building on top & density ONTOP GERMANY TEAM ROOFTOP GERMANY PLATEAU TEAM SPAIN NCTU UNICODE TAIWAN

Facing major natural threats Earthquakes CASA FENIX TEAM CHILE/FRANCE

Floods KMUTT TEAM THAILAND

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INSIDE OUT USA/GERMANY RÉCIPROCITÉ USA/FRANCE

Facing major social issues Aging population TEC TEAM COSTA RICA

Tsnunami CHIBA UNIVERSITY JAPAN

Innovation ROME 4 DENCITY ITALY DELFT VERSAILLES 2014 NETHERLANDS ATLANTIC CHALLENGE FRANCE DTU TEAM DENMARK TEAM BUCHAREST 2014 ROMANIA PARIS FRANCE

New urban types & innovation

Population expansion TEAM SHUNYA INDIA

Drought TEAM MEXICO UNAM MEXICO

SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014

20 OFFICIAL TEAMS WILL COMPETE IN LA CITÉ DU SOLEIL® IN VERSAILLES IN JUNE AND JULY 2014 USA/FRANCE

SOLAR TEAMS

DENMARK ROMANIA

≥ 20 official teams ≥ 20 zero energy prototypes ≥ 16 countries ≥ 15 official languages ≥ 3 continents ≥ 41 universities

JAPAN

INDIA

FRANCE X2 USA/GERMANY ITALY

PROJECT NAMES COUNTRIES PHILÉAS

FRANCE

RESSÒ

SPAIN

EFDEN

ROMANIA

RENAIHOUSE

JAPAN

THE SKIN

NETHERLANDS

EMBRACE

DENMARK

CASA FENIX

CHILE+FRANCE

TECHSTYLE HAUS

USA+GERMANY

ADAPTIVE HOUSE

THAILAND

YOUR+

SWITZERLAND

CASA

MEXICO

ONTOP

GERMANY

LIVELIB

FRANCE

SYMBCITY

SPAIN

MAISON RECIPROCITY

USA+FRANCE

RHOME FOR DENCITY

ITALY

ROOFTOP

GERMANY

PROJECT H NAUGHT

INDIA

TROPIKA

COSTA RICA

ORCHID HOUSE

TAIWAN

GERMANY X2

SPAIN X2

MEXICO SWITZERLAND TAIWAN

THAILAND COSTA RICA

CHILE/FRANCE

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PROJECT PROFILES

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TEAM Atlantic Challenge PROJECT Philéas

TEAM Ressò PROJECT Ressò

ECOLE NATIONALE SUPÉRIEUR D’ARCHITECTURE DE NANTES / ECOLE SUPÉRIEUR DU BOIS INSTITUT SUPÉRIEUR DE SANTÉ ET DES BIOPRODUITS D’ANGERS UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES ÉCOLE DE DESIGN NANTES ATLANTIQUE / SCIENCES COM

New housing typologies

Nantes FRANCE

«Retrofitting historic buildings and transforming a neighborhood by introducing urban agriculture»

Innovation

New housing typologies

Innovation

«Retrofitting existing buildings and transforming a Barcelon a peripheral city by introducing a new socialfunction: gathering and sharing» Fitting into social reality is paramount. One of the

Ressò is an ambitious project, motivated by an observation on the aftermath of the early-21st century real-estate speculative bubble: the existing empty

creating new relationships among the population.

The three underlying concepts are rehabilitate,

The project must act as a remedy to revitalize pre-existing areas, to help cure and create positive

also means echo, the metaphor for the will to create retrofit and enhance Nantes’ metropolitan area#

Grands Moulins. The building has been used

The concept of a fertile city is at the core

as an agriculture Co-op since the beginning of the 20th

which implies the implementation of a fertile network.

The goal is to incorporate a farming (fertilizing) activity

century and was turned into an office building

the Team believes that an architectonic approach

Those buildings need to be reenergised.

reenergize and sustainability. The project Ressò, Hennebique initially built CAP 44 in 1895 at Nantes

Team’s major concerns is to alleviate social exclusion; can help reverse the process of social exclusion while

buildings stock is energetically inefficient.

Atlantic Challenge takes on a challenge: to upgrade,

La Plana SPAIN

UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA ESCOLA TÈCNICA SUPERIOR D’ARQUITECTURA DEL VALLÈS

a deep and lasting impact on the population of Barcelona.

reactions. An encapsulated descriptive term would be ‘Urban Regeneration’.

in the post-war period.

within the context of city life, working (a new economy), sharing (socio-cultural relationships) and living

The CAP 44 building will be reworked and optimized

(densification). In answer to both issues, the project

with regard to its lifecycle, space use, energy efficiency

focuses on one huge abandoned building called CAP 44

and much more; at the same time an educational farm

and its related green area called The Misery’s Quarry,

will be raised in the Misery’s Quarry in front of it.

as a living demonstration of the fertile city concept.

This will be the first fertile core network in this vast

The famous French engineer and concrete builder

fertile city program.

http://www.solar-phileas.com

Phileas Solar Decathlon 2014 @SolarPhileas

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http://www.resso.upc.edu

@RESSOsde14 RESSÒ Solar Decathlon Europe 2014

SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014

PROJECT PROFILES

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TEAM EFdeN PROJECT EFdeN

TEAM Chiba University Japan PROJECT RenaiHouse Bucharest ROMANIA

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA BUCHAREST / «ION MINC » UNIVERSITY OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM

New housing typologies

«Filling the gaps and reconquering the brown fields by introducing Nature in the existing city fabric»

Innovation

Chiba JAPAN

CHIBA UNIVERSITY

Facing major natural threats

«Rebuilding Fukushima area after the 2011 tsunami disaster.»

Tsunami

Changing urban lifestyles and restoring nature into

the transition from rural to urban by implementing

people’s lives are the core issues that team Bucharest

a greenhouse in the living space. This can provide

University’s project presents. On a macro level,

both physical and psychological comfort while providing

there is a need for mobility and horizontal and vertical

a nucleus for interior spatial configuration according

densification. The idea is to build an envelope that

to consumer needs and ensuring an interface between

behaves as a cell – it can be divided and then multiplied

the house and the city. The green house will act

providing a homogeneous space with equal access

as a multifunctional knot and will help generate

to urban facilities. The essential original concept

micro communities.

The Japanese Chiba University team will work

despite this tragedy people living there wish to remain

on a project directly linked to the geographical

in their hometown. The challenge and originality here

surrounding of ocean and mountain.

is to come up with a solution that will allow inhabitants

Due to the topography and landscape structure,

to live safely in this environment – as a sustainable

this is a very high-density area. In particular,

community – for the centuries to come. The word “Renai”

the shore line of Tohoku in Japan experienced destructive

comes from“Renaissance” meaning revival,

damage from Tsunami, notably the devastating

and the plan of the “RenaiHouse” project is to contribute

‘Fukushima Disaster’ Earthquake in 2011;

to the renaissance of Tohoku.

is to enable people to recover what they have lost after

http://www.teambucharest.com/

EFdeN @TeamBucharest

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http://solardecathlon.jp/

Chiba University Solar Decathlon Europe @

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TEAM Prêt-à-Loger PROJECT The skin

TEAM DTU Team PROJECT Embrace Delft NETHERLANDS

DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

New housing typologies

«Retrofitting typical Dutch row houses by adding an new skin on top of existing buildings»

Innovation

New housing typologies

«Building sustainable housing in Copenhaguen Nordhavnen new developments»

Innovation

The project is called “Prêt-à-Loger”, as in “ready to live”.

most importantly for the elderly. To achieve that,

“How little we need” instead of “how much we can buy.”

semi-public space. Thanks to a passive strategy,

This is all about solving the conflict between preservation

Team Delft has conceived a toolbox with plenty

The DTU project is meant to integrate the increasingly

the weather shield will dramatically improve the local

and development, keeping memories and moving forward.

of elements, the main feature being the skin

dense city of Copenhagen to keep it interesting, livable,

climate around the thermal envelope. It is much more

The Team from DELFT maintains that old buildings

which provides a frame for the entire household.

and sustainable.The concept of this project is based

feasible to construct than the envelope and it prevents

are not just shabby constructions but actually real homes,

This new skin will include the most common features

on a cross-breed of two zones: a minimal heated private

heat loss, allowing multiple inner design variations

filled up with the memories and specific rituals of several

(power, food, water, light, ventilation and thermal comfort)

space within a thermal envelope – which itself will be

including optimized facades for daylight. This integrates

generations who lived there. The concept is to imagine

as well as a user-interface integrated into the skin

placed in a larger weather shield – along with a covered

very nicely with the sharp wind & bitter cold of Denmark.

a house that will be comfortable, eco-friendly

to allow users to exercise control over their internal

and sustainable while making sure that the features

environments and stay informed on the status

satisfy the needs of different generations,

of the house.

http://www.pretaloger.nl

Prêt à Loger @Pretaloger

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Copenhagen DENMARK

THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK

http://www.solardecathlon.dk

DTU Solar Decathlon @teamDTU

SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014

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TEAM Team FENIX PROJECT Casa FENIX

TEAM Inside Out PROJECT Techstyle Haus Valparaiso/La Rochelle CHILE/FRANCE

UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE

Facing major natural threats

«A post-earthquake sustainable housing unit composing a sustainable community for relief»

Providence /Erfurt USA /GERMANY

RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN BROWN UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES - ERFURT

New urban types & innovation

«Promoting highly performing textile materials for students residence»

Earthquakes

Casa Fenix Chilean Team project is directly linked

solution that can evolve from the emergency shelter

to the outstanding geographical features of the area:

towards a more permanent home in a sustainable

the constant threat of earthquake. The post-shock costs

new community. The Fenix project seeks to address

for inhabitants are dramatic and the most notable

the wide range of climatic conditions in Chile.

consequence is increased homelessness. The project

The solution will revolve around transportable,

FENIX – For Emergency Natural Impact eXtreme – intends

industrially pre-fabricated and easily assembled in-situ

to tackle this issue. The project consists of a modular

units to maximise rapidity (efficiency and simple tools).

http://www.casafenix.cl/

n/a @

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The concept of Techstyle Haus revolves around the choice

which allows for easy transportation of the house.

of very atypical textile materials. The challenge is to reveal

The textiles allow for a modular design and adaptive

that materials dictate form and not the other way round.

spaces than can answer increasingly diverse needs

The house will utilize a highly engineered textile envelope

of the modern family. Techstyle Haus might even serve

to help passively regulate all the properties of the house.

as a learning tool or a playground, providing enjoyable

These textiles are highly performant; they are lightweight,

and didactic interactions with younger inhabitants.

http://www.techstylehaus.com

Techstyle Haus @TechstyleHaus

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TEAM KMUTT Team PROJECT Adaptive House

TEAM Team Lucerne - Suisse PROJECT Your+

KING MONGKUT’S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI

Facing major natural threats

Bangkok THAILAND

«Fighting constant floods as a strong and united community»

Lucerne SWITZERLAND

LUCERNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE

New housing typologies

«Enhancing social interactivity : from the pavillion to the whole city»

Sharing & community

Floods

The project Your+ focuses on the urban context of Lucerne

are independent volumes that can be connected

in Switzerland, which reveals several dynamic residential

thanks to a buffer zone – a transitional corridor

and business areas around a strong core and old town

which also entails other roles such as climate control,

zone. Your+ will be presented as a pavilion which aims

daylight control and social interactivity.

to be implemented on a larger scale and become

Team Luc’s belief is that we are geared toward a future

a solutionfor an entire system. There are three main areas

where seamless connectivity to sequential spaces

in the house, each having a specific role – public entrance,

and ideal access to rooms, spaces objects, services,

semi-public area with a kitchen, and a private bedroom

mobility and energy will be paramount.

space with washing facilities. All these zones

Team KMUTT’s challenge is to work on a solid structural

space - including an electric power station, a retention

foundation to ensure that their prototype can actually

basin, facilities and utilities – which allow for houses

survive minor earthquakes, storms and most

to expand during shortage of energy or floods while

of all constant flood threat. This is an omnipresent

sharing resources. Another specificity of the project is the

concern for the people of Thailand, especially since

meticulous choice of wood – green label standard –

the 2011 flooding disaster. The project will include

to ensure that the forest will be sufficiently maintainted

a non-carbon transportation solution which can switch

and resist the impact of natural disasters.

between land and water channels to be fully operational

All clusters are linked towards a main central space

during inundation periods.The village is to be divided

with a water-recycle treatment facility and a forest reserve

into clusters of several houses sharing a common

for both recreational purposes and material replacement.

SDE KMUTT

http://www.kmutt.ac.th/kmutt_sde2014/

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http://www.solardecathlon.ch

Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 @

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TEAM Team Mexico UNAM PROJECT CASA

TEAM OnTop PROJECT OnTop

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO : SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE/ RESEARCH CENTER OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PLASTIC ART / SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

Facing major natural threats

Mexico City MEXICO

New housing typologies

«Water and drought issues and housing for the poorest in the gigantic city of Mexico»

Frankfurt GERMANY

«Symbiosis and vertical density»

Building on top & density

Drought

Team Mexico UNAM focuses on the ZMVM area

The Team Mexico UNAM project aims to design

(ZonaMetropolitana del Valle de México), the 3rd most

a sustainable housing proposal to face urban sprawl

populated metropolitan area in the world.

and adapt to environmental changes. The CASA system

Water is the most dramatic environmental issue

will focus on residual spaces in the city – empty areas

of the city and there is great need for a sustainable

and interstitial spaces – but also explore rooftops

hydrological balance. Climate change – intensified

and terraces. It will provide users with a toolbox

by the altitude, topography, high level of radiation,

which will allow the house to be as resilient,

deforestation and extreme pollution – might condemn

regenerative and symbiotic as possible to perfectly

millions of inhabitants to poverty by 2020.

interact with existing buildings.

http://dsolar.mx/site/en/

CASA UNAM @CASA_UNAM

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UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES FRANKFURT AM MAIN

OnTop is situated in Frankfurt, Germany.

The elevated and shadowless position of the envelope

Here, post-war buildings have an architecture which

is perfectly compatible with active solar technologies.

has resulted in many unused spaces – rooftops,

The energy surplus produced will be given to the host

terraces and other elevated areas – which can

building – the buildings on which the ‘Symbiont’

be used to address the issue of densification.

is based. The old building serves as a carrier while

The core principle of the concept is to reinterpret the

the new envelope on top supplies both with energy.

roof shapes and build quality housingspaces with solar

The symbiosis acts an innovative and intelligent link

solutions on top of existing buildings.This symbiotic

to support the issues of demographic change

concept is called ‘Symbiont’.

and energy transformation.

OnTop - Solar Decathlon 2014 Team Frankfurt

http://ontop2014.de/

@ SOLAR DECATHLON EUROPE 2014

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TEAM Team Paris PROJECT LiveLib

TEAM Plateau Team PROJECT SymbCcity Paris FRANCE

ENSA PARIS MALAQUAIS / ESIEE PARIS / ESTP PARIS CHIMIE PARISTECH ENSG / UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST

New housing typologies

« The infrastructure of the city at the service of citizens»

Alcala/La Mancha SPAIN

UNIVERSISAD DE CASTILLA – LA MANCHA UNIVERSIDAD DE ALCALA DE HENARES UNIVERSITY

New housing typologies

«Density at the service of the community»

Building on top & density

Innovation

Plateau Team seeks to support the dense and compact

The skin of the prototype will provide many features,

city – a city where optimization is fundamental so

including a Trombe Wall and a green house for optimal

that infrastructures will better serve the greater

thermal regulation. An external structure will be added

population.The Team focuses on unused spaces

to allow a flexible distribution and transmit additional

on top of buildings– rooftops, terraces and other elevated

charges directly to the ground. The Team maintains

areas – which can be used as an answer to densification

that density – communities in significantly dense volumes

dedicated to housing, commerce or even equipment.

– is paramount to building citizenship and a sense

Plateau Team aims for a real symbiosis between existing

of community among inhabitants.

buildings and the layered constructions above.

Team Paris’ idea is to build a residential complex

and will feed on its shared resources. This Livelib concept

composed of two entities: a multifunctional ‘hub’

fosters the use of green technology and most importantly

held and managed by the city and privately owned

makes it accessible to a greater number thanks to scaled-

habitation ‘capsules’. While the ‘hub’ is basically

down costs. Last but not least, their tagline “Free to live,

a tower enclosing electricity and energy production,

free to leave” reminds us that this plug-in concept allows

ventilation, waste and water management,

for an increased mobility of inhabitants, providing an easy

its essential role is to act as a host for several individual

and viable move-in and move-out solution.

housings. Those ‘capsules’ are plugged in the ‘hub’

Team Paris

http://www.solardecathlonparis.com

@SD_TeamParis

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http://www.plateauteam.com

Plateau Team SDE’14 @PlateauTeam

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TEAM Team Réciprocité PROJECT Maison Reciprocity

TEAM Team Rhome PROJECT RhOME for denCity Boone/Angers USA/FRANCE

UNIVERSITÉ D’ANGERS APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY

New urban types & innovation

«Re-densify and re-qualify the boundaries of an ancient city»

Innovation

Project Reciprocity stems from the desire to design

can evolve to fulfill the inhabitants’ needs over time.

a house with perfect balance between reciprocal elements

Density, flexibility and mass customization

such as privacy versus interaction, aesthetics versus

are key elements of the prototype whose main ambition

performance, design versus construction and spaces

is to achieve regional universality through smarter,

versus systems.The Maison Reciprocity concept is about

adaptable, affordable and energy-efficient

creating an open and adjustable environment which

social housing solutions.

http://www.reciprocity2014.com

Reciprocity 2014 @Reciprocity2014

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New housing typologies

«Achieving regional universality»

Roma ITALY

UNIVERSITÁ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TRE

Team RHOME (Rome & Home) has chosen to study

and re-qualify the boundaries of the city by reinforcing

the urban context of the outskirts of Rome. This is where

urban settlements and working on a sustainable mobility

housing, country, archeology and illegal buildings

solution for the whole metropolitan area. The ultimate

are interwoven. The project revolves around

goal is to strengthen the sense of belonging of inhabitants

the whole metropolitan area and includes the facets

by establishing a strong relationship between people

of density, climate change, protection of nature

and nature while providing buildings with clean active

and energy savings. Team RHOME seeks to re-densify

energy systems.

http://www.rhomefordencity.it/

Rhome for Dencity @TeamRhOME

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TEAM Team Rooftop PROJECT Rooftop

TEAM Team Team Shunya PROJECT Project H Naught Berlin GERMANY

UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS TUB TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN

New housing typologies

Facing major social issues

«Exploring rooftops»

Building on top & density

Mumbai INDIA

ACADEMY OF ARCHITECTURE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY «New urban lifestyles in gigantic indian cities,31 000 inhab/km2 up to 50 000 inhab/km2»

Population Expansion

To maintain India’s tremendous growth rate, it is crucial

on both individual and community levels. The house must

to meet the exponentially increasing demand for urban

transcend cultural boundaries and Indian people from

housing and energy in a sustainable fashion.

all socio-economic backgrounds should identify with

Through their project H0, the Shunya team wants

this lifestyle.To achieve all this, they have to vigorously

to build a sustainable zero-energy solar-powered house.

increase awareness among the building industry

The name Shunya means ‘Zero’ in Hindi and has been

and the general population and demonstrate that

chosen to illustrate the frugal lifestyle of the Indian

sustainable and affordable housing solutions are viable.

people and their desire to establish a zero energy lifestyle

The Team Rooftop project seeks a solution for urban

or sense of community. Team ROF focuses on existing

sprawl and higher living density, combating noise

inner city buildings and how to best exploit unused

pollution, wasteful energy consumption and pressure

spaces on rooftops to create comfortable housing lofts,

on housing markets – Berlin is a striking example

preserving both inhabitants and energy.

of this phenomenon. World-wars left Berlin

It is in accordance with their motto

with a very unique urban structure;

“Ownership means Commitment” which implies

especially a very high number of empty attics,

that the rooftops must simultaneously benefit

most often abandoned or used to display wealth and

the host-house and all the inhabitants’ below.

construct luxury lofts, losing all potential of sharing

http://teamrooftop.de/

Rooftop @TRooftop

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http://www.teamshunya.in/

Team Shunya @TeamShunyaSDE14

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TEAM TEC Team PROJECT Tropika

TEAM Unicode PROJECT Orchid House Cartago COSTA RICA

COSTA RICA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Facing major social issues

«Affordable housing solution for the elderly in La Merced district, City of San José, capital of Costa Rica»

Hsinchu TAIWAN

NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY

New housing typologies

«A sustainable living space harmonized with nature on top of Tapei’s towers»

Orchid House

Building on top & density

Aging population

Team Unicode is creating a prototype that seeks

way as a plant, harvesting, circulating and recycling solar

to act as a comfortable living space while being entirely

energy and water. The most important issues in Taiwan

harmonized with nature and located on top of existing

are high temperatures and extreme humidity;

buildings in Taipei. Designed with respect

therefore the prototype must be equipped

to the local conditions of Taiwan – island climate,

with eco-friendly systems to use as little energy

urban context, social housing issues and innovative

as possible for interior climate control.

technologies, their prototype will function in a similar

Tec Team states that their project “Tropika” is driven

communal areas. This will give them the opportunity

by five key aspects: replicability, accessibility, efficiency,

to live independently while maintaining interaction with

versatility, and sustainability. One of the major changes

the community. Two priorities for the team are comfort

in Costa Rica is an aging population; to face this issue

and efficient use of resources. In short, the challenge

Team TEC has chosen to work on one of the four core

is not only to create a solar-energy efficient house,

districts of San José. This project introduces a proposal

but also to help alleviate the growing problem of housing

that will create a housing solution for the senior market,

for senior citizens.

allowing this population to marry private spaces with

http://www.sde14tec.org

Tec Team @sde14tec

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http://www://sde.tw/

n/a @

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SOLAR SUBSTITUTE TEAMS ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥ ≥

8 countries 8 official languages 7 substitute teams 7 zero energy prototypes 2 continents

7 SUBSTITUTE TEAMS WILL EXHIBIT THEIR PROTOTYPES IN LA CITE DU SOLEIL® IN VERSAILLES IN JUNE AND JULY 2014 TURKEY DENMARK/SPAIN

SWEDEN

ITALY

CROATIA

PROJECT NAMES

COUNTRIES

SUNSLICE

ITALY

ÉBRICKHOUSE

DENMARK+SPAIN

RÉTROFIX

ROMANIA

02

SWEDEN

MEMBRAIN

CROATIA

STACKED HOUSE

TURKEY

UAECO HOUSE

DUBAI

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ROMANIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

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TEAM Sunslice PROJECT Sunslice

TEAM VIA-UJI SD Europe 2014 PROJECT éBRICK House Turin ITALY

POLITECNICO DI TORINO

New housing typologies

New urban types & innovation

«Combining autonomous housing and urban density »

Innovation

The SunSlice project stems from the observation

density (efficient use of soil, responsiveness, collective

that urban sprawl development trends are ineffective

spaces and services to promote a sense of belonging).

with regards to private mobility and social relationships.

Based on a vertical concept of space, the Sunslice

The objective of this project is to bring people back

prototype aims to take advantage of vertical spaces

to their city and play on density to combine the benefits

– fresh air and ventilation, less pollution, more daylight,

of autonomous housing (flexibility, diversity,

and comfort – to answer these issues.

Aarhus/Barcelona DENMARK/SPAIN

VIA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE UNIVERSITAT JAUME «Harmonizing houses with landscapes»

The eBRICKHOUSE idea is about the sustainable

and social diversity of the area. The project is using

and harmonious integration of houses

a fractal structure as can be found on plenty of occasions

and landscapes in order to preserve materials,

in the nature. The aim is to allow a safe and controlled

nature and the environment. The objective is to

urban development while improving social exchanges

provide a neighborhood with the necessary systems

–productivity, regeneration and sustainability -

for self-sustainability, while respecting the local identity

the core principles of this healthy living environment concept.

possibilities of evolution) with the benefits of urban

http://www.sunslice.polito.it

Sunslice Polito @sunslice_polito

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http://www.equipe.via.uji.es/

Decathletas UJI or Decathletes VIA @DecathletasUJI

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TEAM UpTIM PROJECT Rétrofix

TEAM Team Sweden PROJECT O2 Timisoara ROMANIA

POLITEHNICA UNIVERSITY WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA

New Housing typologies Innovation

New urban types & innovation

«Retrofitting ex-communist T770 blocks of buildings in grey neighborhoods»

The team upTIM is entirely focused on retrofitting

approach on appropriating public spaces,

ex-communist blocks of buildings that currently

there is a significant lack of green spaces,

inhabit more than half of the Romanian population.

playgrounds and other interaction-enhancing areas.

This retrofitting must be an effective regeneration

The Retrofix project aims to re-qualify these typical

program, taking spatial, social and economic aspects

post-communist dwellings into more sustainable

into account. Their project is a case study based

and resilient housing adapted to people’s needs

on the Soarelui Neighborhood from Timisoara.

and modern living standards.

Göteborg SWEDEN

CHALMERS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

«Horizontal density and shared functionalities»

Team Sweden embraces the theme ‘Urban Village’ of SDE

density implies taking advantage of all in-between zones

2014 and has developed a strategy of horizontal density,

to create new inhabitable spaces and use those areas

mixed functionality and sharing. The prototype,

as thermal and buffer zones, or even green houses.

using the traditional row house as a model, will be directly

The O2 house is inspired by these issues and introduces

attached to an urban fabric of shared services – opposed

the possibilities of self-empowerment: living, working

to the detached self-sufficient house – and set on a dense

and self-production.

and space-effective site plan. A strategy of horizontal

Despite a strong sense of belonging and very personal

http://up-tim.org/

upTIM @upTIM2014

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http://team-sweden.com/

Facebook @

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TEAM Team UNIZG PROJECT MemBRAIN

TEAM Turkey Team PROJECT Stacked House Zagreb CROATIA

UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB

New housing typologies

«From Anatolian houses to modern and sustainable living spaces»

The prototype proposed by Team Unizg is part of a wider

The house is called Membrain: it will combine

Team Turkey’s project takes place in the dense city

ROOMs according to the needs of particularly crowded

housing project within the Borongaj University Campus.

a passive and selective envelope – the Membrane

of Istanbul with over 15 million people.

families. Every ROOM of the prototype acts as a bedroom,

This vast project includes academic buildings,

– and an intelligent autonomous system which controls

There is a continuous stream of transformation,

livingroom and storage for the nuclear family. The storage

research and development facilities and student housing.

the inner climate and the outer membrane – the Brain.

renovation & regeneration that implies both vertical

spaces are flexible and can be stored back once no longer

and horizontal urban sprawl and increased density.

needed. The design is meant to offer optimal spaces,

The “Stacked-House” project is inspired by the traditional

flexibility and comfort. The ROOM can be adapted

space usage of Anatolian houses and based on attached

to any current situation or desired state at any time.

http://membrain.com.hr/

memBRAIN @

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New housing typologies

«Rethinking student housing within the Zagreb University campus»

Istanbul TURKEY

ISTANBUL KULTUR UNIVERSITY ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY MALTEPE UNIVERSITY

http://www.sdturkey2014.com/

Facebook @

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TEAM The UAE Team PROJECT uaEco House Dubai UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

FACULTY OF BUSINESS THE BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN DUBAI

New urban types & innovation

«A sustainable house responding to UAE’s culture, climate and context»

Team UAE’s goal is to conceive a sustainable,

the environment, preserving the economy, respecting

affordableand energy-efficient solar house integrated

society and safeguarding culture. The uaEco house

into the urban context of the United Arab Emirates.

structure will be compact and adaptable to various

The design of their uaEco prototype will be based

housing types and urban levels according

on the geometric setting of a courtyard. It must

to its inhabitant’s needs, while responding to local culture

be efficient and sustainable which means protecting

and building practices.

http://www.teamuaesde2014.com

Solar Decathlon- Team UAE @TeamUAEsde

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