Native studio DUB Arquitectura has created a metallic-clad home known as Casa La Escocesa, which options “insulating blankets” fabricated from sheep wool that in any other case would have been incinerated.
The 150-square-metre mission is situated on a farm in Argentina‘s subtropical Pampas area, which consists of agricultural fields that stretch over flat plains. The constructing web site is surrounded by crops, sheep and polo horses.
Lengthy and rectangular in plan, the constructing sits atop a platform and is roofed with a gabled roof. The home was designed by DUB Arquitectura, a studio primarily based in Buenos Aires, to observe the location circumstances and to permit for future enlargement.
The inside is split into 4 major areas: a kitchen and eating room, a bed room, a rest room, and a multi-purpose attic house. A breezeway lies on the centre of the plan.
“The central patio serves as an out of doors distribution corridor and an area for assembly and contemplation of the encompassing and everlasting panorama,” the crew stated.
When selecting the constructing’s supplies, the crew opted for low- or no-maintenance choices, to minimise the mission’s operational power.
Facades are clad in corrugated metallic sheets, and plywood was used abundantly inside the home.
Discarded sheep wool was used for insulation, making apply of an area product. The crew stated 4,000 tons of sheep wool are discarded yearly within the province of Buenos Aries.
The insulation thickness varies round the home, relying upon the orientation to the solar.
“The home was used as a case research to implement the primary insulating blankets created from discarded wool from this explicit area, which is often burnt,” the crew stated.
“Now, the home is measured each season to check the evolution of the fabric, which is exhibiting nice efficiency.”
Glazing was minimised in sure areas, but the house stays crammed with pure airy. Above the lavatory and the primary hall, the crew launched skylights to scale back reliance on synthetic airy.
All rooms function cross-ventilation and solar safety on home windows, together with the attic, the place particular vents present air flow throughout balmy months.
Different initiatives involving sheep wool embody an English sauna by Architects Vacation that has purple shingles and insulation fabricated from recycled plastic and wool, and a Chilean home by Staff Citic that consists of three gabled volumes with sheep wool insulation.
Mission credit:
Architect: DUB Arquitectura
Architect in cost: Angie Dub
Collaborators: Belén Butler, Tabatha Walter
