The Schierle House designed by Matthias Benz and is located in a in Gerzen, Germany. The Schierle House is a typical German house, which houses a clear-colored, with a sloping roof and PVC windows. The Schierle House adopt the simple geometry combine two solid volumes enabling to maintain and improve the neighboring homes view over the valley. The volume contains a space to house shared by a family marked by the gray facade and roof of stone.
Use of recycled materials and energy saving investments in an integrated concept for this work. Wooden structure with insulation hemp, cellulose and wood fiber board is a material that is selected. The option selected to obtain a thermal conductivity coefficient of 0.14W/m²K as average value for all the facades. A 35-meter-depth heating pump with 5 geothermal probes benefits from the earth-generated/stored heat for heating purposes.
Large windows are placed on the south façade allows maximum use of natural light, while the 4-meter-hight is obtained through a vertical shift to adapt to a transfer of land to take advantage of the flow up a slope to ventilate the interior in the summer. The total energy consumption of this home is 65% under the values permitted by German Energy (ENEV 2007) Norms. This achievement allowed the house to be included into a “sustainable architecture” tour organized by Bavaria’s Chamber of Architecture on 2009. To round off the ecological concept used, a second phase will be approached adding photovoltaic panels and rain water collectors. – Photos by Thomas Benz and Rathschek Schiefer
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