Private Residence

LOCATION: Athens, Greece

CLIENT: Private Ownership

DESIGN PHASE: Preliminary Design

COMMENCEMENT: 2008

COMPLETION: In Progress

SHORT DESCRIPTION: In cooperation with the architectural design, the optimum orientation, the windows’ sizes, the overhangs’ lengths were studied, so that appropriate manipulation of solar radiation could be attained, according to the different seasons. Shading in combination with daylight was tested. External insulation and different ventilation strategies were investigated. The goal is thermal comfort for the occupants to be achieved.