Villa Old Oaks | OFIS arhitekti

House Design | May 26th, 2009

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Villa Old Oaks is a private residence designed by OFIS arhitekti located in the neighborhood of six larger villas. The site has a beautiful view to the existing common park with oaks over 100 years old. Therefore the aim of the building was to open view from all main spaces of the house towards these trees. The building was to provide ideal daylight conditions combined with efficient indoor and outdoor climate concept. In Slovenia there are extreme climate conditions; with hot summer, when temperatures rise up to 35C and cold winter when they drop below -10C or more. In addition there is rain in spring and autumn.

In addition the facades are combined with pivoting wooden louvers that provide protection against isolation and control ingress of day-light. On hot days the louver elements are computer operated to follow the course of the sun. It is also possible to darken the working rooms and bedrooms completely.

The concept of atrium, semi-glazed roof and louvers allows major savings to be made in the amount of electrical energy needed for lightning, cooling and heating. In addition, direct isolation via the facades and roof results in a high passive thermal yield during the heating period. In summer in contrast effective sun shading helps to minimize cooling energy needs.

Architect: OFIS arhitekti [ http://www.ofis-a.si/ ]
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Construction Year: 2003-2008
Project leaders: Rok Oman & Špela Vide?nik
Design Team: Rok Oman, Špela Vide?nik, Neža Oman, Florian Frey, Vanja Fink, Špela Urši?
Constructed Area: 800 sqm
Structural Engineering: Valide d. o. o
Mechanical Engineering: Oves d. o. o., Vavtar Engineering d. o. o.
Electrical Engineering: Winky d. o. o, Energomont d. o. o.
Budget: 1M Euro (US $1,32M)
Photographs: Tomaz Gregoric

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