Wednesday, August 27, 2008

R128

Werner Sobek is a visionary architect in Stuttgart, who wants architecture to cause zero waste while in use and when taken down. His private house R128 is a perfect example:

From his website:

Four-storey building which is completely recyclable, produces no emissions and is self-sufficient in terms of heating energy requirement. The completely glazed building has high quality triple glazing panels featuring a k-value of 0.4. Its design is modular.

Because of its assembly by means of mortice-and-tenon joints and bolted joints, it cannot only be assembled and dismantled easily but is also completely recyclable. The electrical energy required for the energy concept and control engineering is produced by solar cells.

About W. Sobek on Wikipedia

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