Generations apartment house Koppl
CONVERSION TO MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSE KOPPL
SUSTAINABLE OVER GENERATIONS
The house is located directly on the main road in Koppl and is only a short distance from the village center . The old family house remained except for the attic and was extended by certain additions . The existing building from the seventies was gutted and incorporated and reused in the new structure – thus there were also economic advantages in this building project.
The new multigenerational house with two residential units should meet the requirements of both young and older generations. One of the two apartments was therefore equipped with barrier-free access.
The second residential unit sits on the first floor, which acts as a base for the wooden structure above. This apartment runs from the upper floor to the attic. A play between gable and flat roofs was chosen as the roof shape, this gives the building a very light, slender appearance and provides sufficient space for the photovoltaic system. Ventilated, rough-sawn and natural larch formwork, larch wood shingles and block formwork were installed on the façade.
Glass surfaces of different dimensions in windows and patio doors adapted to the architecture provide plenty of natural light, supported in the attic by several skylights. Natural solid wood ceilings in visible quality combined with wooden doors and stairs as well as all-wood windows, draw the natural design from the outside to the inside.
Ecology, sustainability and healthy living:
- Multi-generation house, two residential units, one apartment barrier-free
- Timber frame construction, purlin roof trusses, solid wood ceilings in sight
- Wood species: spruce, larch, oak, exclusively domestic wood
- cellulose insulation, no use of PU foam in the entire house
- Facade with vertically running larch wood formwork rough sawn, larch wood formwork and block formwork, natural weathering, no chemical wood protection
- Wood-only windows
- Air heat pump providence for photovoltaic system
- Energy index 30 kWh/m2a