sustainable residence at Carp Road, Ottawa

Project Description:

The project is designed to be a Sustainable Residence complying to the client’s requirements. Passive design strategies are implemented throughout the project to make use of the available site and climatic conditions, strategies that drove the design of the project. It follows a modular construction method which responds sensitively to the surrounding environment, as the site contains immense vegetation in and around it. This means that the design is tailor made for the site, hence making it unique to the client.
The passive design strategies adopted after research include-
• CLT construction with concrete topped flooring for harnessing the thermal mass available during winter.
• Hempcrete for prefabricated modules that have good thermal capacities along with being a carbon sink.
• Manually movable louver panels that can be adjusted according to the sun path for optimum adjustment of internal comfort.
• Shading system that is built with carefully selected angles to let in the sun during winters while blocking the harsh sun of the summers.
sun studies were conducted, along with daylighting and shading study to analyse the impact of the design strategies in reduction of energy use for artificial lighting, and to arrange the space layouts to harness maximum passive heat.

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