Bioclimatic House - José Luis Rodríguez Gil

It is pretended to build a self-sufficient house integrated into the landscape of the island, characterized by a continuous terracing of its abrupt topography. This is the germ of project: a basalt stone wall on which a light structure of plywood with galvanized steel walls and glass supports advancing southwards.

Night view from south

Photo by ITER © JLRodriguezGil. Published on September 06, 2012.

Is generated as well, an area connected to the outside (the day area ), relationship space that dominates the landscape and is protected from sun and wind. After the wall is located the sleeping area to the north, formed of small intimate venues to which is provided with high thermal inertia.

View from southwest

Photo by ITER © JLRodriguezGil. Published on September 06, 2012.

This duality is expressed in conceptual, spatial, material and construction: dematerialization and the absence of limits of the living area (space relationship between users and between them and the landscape), against the austere interior containment for shady sleeping area (areas of privacy).

Southeast view

Photo by ITER © JLRodriguezGil. Published on September 06, 2012.

The house, designed in 1995, also aims to reduce its ecological footprint on the use of materials and construction systems, so using local materials (basalt wall insulation, covered with volcanic lapilli, etc..), certified industrial materials environmentally (specifically the wood) and no harmful elements (PVC, VOC compounds, synthetic paints and varnishes, etc).

East elevation

Photo by ITER © JLRodriguezGil. Published on September 06, 2012.

The inclination of the structure of the day area is determined by the solar radiation, and it integrates the panels to produce electricity and hot water, seeking a result of ZERO CO2 EMISSIONS.