The overall winner of the competition is the dwelling called “Rhome for Dencity” (A Home for Rome), designed by students of engineering and architecture from Roma Tre University.
The proposal that pursues to ”re-densify and re-qualify the boundaries of Rome” by applying principles of density and sustainability to this area where ”housing, country, archaeology and illegal buildings are interwoven” , is part of an urban regeneration program for the district of Tor Fiscale in Rome. Key aim of the proposal is aimed to replace illegally inhabited buildings with performant and ecological habitats.
The wooden-framed 60m2 dwelling prototype built in Versailles represents a great example of zero energy home. The RhOME project follows the protocol Active House, the one that puts together Environment, Energy production and Comfort to have a building as an efficient machine that optimize the thermal and luminous comfort and minimize energy consumption.
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Active strategies, such us BIPV’s, alongside with passive strategies are incorporated into the proposal to minimize the building energy demand and achieve Zero Energy Status.
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Among the very interesting proposals presented this year in France, the second place goes to the Philéas house by the Atlantic Challenge team, from Nantes, France. The team Prêt-à-Loger from Delft University, Netherlands, placed third for its house, A Home With a Skin.
So, congratulations to all the Solar Decathlon Europe teams!
Stay tuned as the Solar Decathlon 2015 will be held in October 8-18, 2015, at the Orange County Great Park in Irvine, California.