14 November 2011

Andalucía Team. Patio 2.12. Solar Decathlon Europe 2012

PATIO 2.12: THE HOUSE OF THE FUTURE IS MEDITERRANEAN

2.12 is the prototype courtyard housing Andalusia presents Solar Decathlon Team Europe 2012. With this project, the Andalusian team ensures the representation of Mediterranean lifestyle in the prestigious international competition of solar homes.

Patio 2.12 is a manufactured home, modular, bioclimatic and sustainable energy self-sufficient, with the special feature of being based in the form of Mediterranean living.
The prototype is a domestic space generated by the addition of ‘living quarters’ prefabricated in the workshop around a flexible space, the ‘patio’. This is the main element of the home and establishes a relationship between the exterior and interior that allows graduating comfort conditions. As in traditional Andalusian house, the courtyard is the heart of the home.
In Patio 2.12 is combine tradition and modernity. Tradition as to the virtues that are rescued from the Mediterranean lifestyle and proposes a reinterpretation of traditional materials such as ceramics and wood. And art, while applying the most innovative building systems (prefabricated housing modules and industrialization of closets, bathrooms, kitchens …) and use the latest technologies in the field of home automation.
In the design of the prototype has prevailed against the savings of energy production. Similarly, the use of passive systems for climate control in front of the assets.
The team is composed of more than 30 students and 18 teachers of the Technical Schools of Architecture of Seville, Granada and Málaga and Jaén Polytechnic School. Among the objectives of its members, is to convey to society-through 2.12-Patio project the importance of innovation and sustainability in construction and the use of renewable energies in the design and use of housing.
Patio With 2.12, the residential market offers a kind of industrialized building that does not renounce the achievements of popular wisdom. In this update of how to live and build traditional-interest and innovation Patio 2.12.