XS Architecture Studio

This is a project for a very small office, supposed in the campus Bovisa Politecnico.
The basic dimension are 2,5m x 5m, and everything has to be "sustainable".

The structure is a sort of baloon frame, wood, very light, to be filled with prefabricated panels already isolated with natural wool.



On the Southern side there is a green house, with the entrance and the circular metallic stairs to the upper floor.
On the Northern side there are no windows, except for a clerestory receiving the light from the South and redistributing that in a uniform way on the work area.
Only one fixed window on the West, and 3 + 1 that can be opened on the East (the smallest one is for the bathroom).


Natural ventilation is guaranteed South to North (greenhouse>clerestory) and East to West (there are special hatches inside the walls, with filters for the polluted air, to be opened when requested).



Above there is the table of details for the horizontal section -West facade- on the left, and the vertical section -Est facade- on the right.


The long side vertical section shows some detils for the clerestory, walls and floor. It is also visible the only metallic structure of the Studio, the base, on wich everything is leaned.



The systems are thought to be reached with easyness, concentrating them in few parts of the Studio, avoiding non checkable areas.

Next images shows, in order, the electric system and the main light points, natural (blue) and artificial (orange).

Then the heating system (red) designed as a baseboard is very thin, to be used just in case the greenhouse cannot provide the needed heat (during the evening, during the winters...)

There are also water pipes (green) to collect the rain and to bring the water to the bathroom and from that to the drain.