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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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
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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
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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
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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/
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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/
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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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