Tree House Living - For any Occasion

BAK Arquitectos, Argentina La casa mimética proyectada   

The Ecoblock Project: Urban Retrofitting for Sustainability This project focuses on upgrading living areas and addressing the threat of global warming at an urban block scale The first prototype will retrofit 30 homes in a lower to middle income neighbourhood using green construction techniques.  By sharing infrastructure and resources during renovations and in later use, we can drive greater energy efficiency all around.  The project will incorporate well-established retrofit strategies to reduce overall energy use, green house emissions, and water consumption. There will be solar panels installed on house roofs, creating an urban solar farm.  The electrical energy will be stored communally and distributed to homes using a DC Microgrid managed by Smart Controls.  As well, there will be EV Charging stations positioned around the block for charging the shared E-Vehicles,  E-Bikes, and E-Scooters.  These measures can reduce electricity use by 80% and ...