by Valeria Anzolin and Jason Flakes www.valeriaanzolin.com www.jflakes.com
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The Indian team Shunya representing 70 students from the Indian Institute of Technology of Bombay and the Academy of Architecture of Mumbai are presenting their H Naught project.
The students’ aim was to design and build an affordable and sustainable zero-energy solar powered house with fast prefabrication and a modular indoor-space to meet the exponentially increasing demand for urban housing and energy in India. At the same time, they wanted to combine modern science with the heritage of India by incorporating essential elements of VastuShastra, the ancient Indian science of buildings and construction. The result is a 4-storey building module designed for a traditional Indian family (grandparents, parents and children).
Saint-Gobain sponsored this Solar Deacthlon Europe project through financial and mentoring support as well as building materials from two Group brands (Gyproc® and Saint-Gobain Glass). The building materials included innovative fire resistant and moisture resistant plasterboard (Gyproc® FRMR) as well as water- and moisture- resistant cement boards (Gyproc® Fiber), in order to adapt the building to a tropical climate with monsoon. Saint-Gobain Glass supplied double glazing (SKN165) with a low U value* and a low solar heat gain to keep the building interior cool, reduce air conditioning costs and achieve excellent light transmission permitting interior illumination using only daylight.