The project:
Energy Plus is a modern single-family house with a very low energy consumption.
This environmental friendly house with a comfortable planning for a family of four also has a healthy indoor climate, optimum daylight conditions and functional illumination. It is an obvious choice for a family who wants to lead a good life with lots of daylight and a pleasant indoor climate.
Window frames, linings, flooring and walls, all finished in light colours, will make the daylight reflect into the interior; and daylight intakes at different levels and from different directions will create many different ‘light zones’ in the living areas.
Few people realize that poor lighting is detrimental to the general atmosphere, not to mention the electricity bill. Why pay for artificial light, when you get daylight for free?
Architecture:
The appearance of the house is unique. The elegant design makes it very different from a normal standard house.
Towards the entrance area it is closed, but towards the garden it opens up with a sloping wall with large window areas in two levels. The qualities of the building are most evident in this south/west turned façade where terraces and windows open the house to the green surroundings. The interior of the house is characterized by a generous spaciousness filled with daylight and the many windows in the sloping façade almost bring the garden into the house or expand the house into the garden.
The solar panels placed next to the roof windows provide hot water for the heating system.
The house is rather closed at the entrance side. You can walk from the carport to the entrance door under cover.
On the first floor a nice big balcony is overlooking the garden. From the dining/living room area on the ground floor is direct access to a large wooden terrace and a small pond.
Ground floor:
The ground floor is divided into two zones. One is a large open space holding both the kitchen and the dining/living room. It is placed to the south/west to get maximum daylight and the large glass areas almost make the garden part of the living space.
The other zone holds the storage room, lavatory, technical room, entrance, staircase and cabinet and is placed to the north as these rooms do not need so much daylight.
An opening in the ceiling to the first floor enables daylight to penetrate from the two roof windows and down into the living area. It also brings light down through the staircase to the ground floor.
Openness and light intakes from different levels create a changing feeling of intimacy.
The dining and living area is in an open plan arrangement with the kitchen, which is adjoined by a small storage room. A glazed sliding door leads to the entrance area. Lots of daylight fills the room from the glazed façade and from the opening in the ceiling to the first floor from where two roof windows bring light down into the centre of the building.
The dining and living area is in an open plan arrangement with the kitchen, which is adjoined by a small storage room. A glazed sliding door leads to the entrance area. Lots of daylight fills the room from the glazed façade and from the opening in the ceiling to the first floor from where two roof windows bring light down into the centre of the building.
From the living area there is a lovely garden view through the huge window area.
The cabinet gets daylight from the east.
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