Orchid House design by Remy Architects

The Orchid House was born of the order of a couple with two children, whose characteristic, enthusiasm and daring made ​​this a great challenge. Cultivating exotic orchids, is one of the hobbies you have this young couple, which was our first release for the conception this project, hence the name we attach to the house.

Based on the parties to settle an orchid, roots, stem and flower is born this particular form of housing, planted in the center of a large field dimensions, in a neighborhood where it prioritizes quality of life. Its location and withdrawn exempt municipal line meets privacy requirements by the customer and the colonization of the land search.

Respecting the flower structure, the house consists of three parts:
roots, which provide for the garage and access, as the area closest to the street, the stem, which runs from a connector between the root and flower, thought of as a journey where you can see the works of art collected by the couple, and finally the flower petals and divided into the bulb, where each petal has a different function, and the central space containing the vertical circulation and provides light overhead to all environments is the bulb, which connects the ground floor and upstairs, as a union between the petals.

For disposal of environments from two premises: the first group to public housing on the ground floor, and private functions on the top floor, while providing each environment the best guidance as to its function was our second premise.

Getting the perfect orientation for each environment and activate each function of the housing according to the path of the sun, allowing for significant energy savings. This premise is as important as solving a bioclimatic house led us to work with the incidence of the sun, from the location of the rooms until resolution of each volume in particular, study abroad and angles required withdrawal of the woodwork, varying according to their orientation, which, in addition to respond to energy savings, this project gives a unique formal richness.

The use of walls, trim and ceiling cavity, as well as strategic placement of windows folding both floor and in the circulation core to circulate warm air in summer, are other answers that gives this home the theme of energy saving.

All this explains the complexity of formal, externally and internally rich, which also responds the intent of each petal to frame a picture as a visual and so once again take over their environment. A concrete and glass flower, which grew from a program needs a metaphor that speaks to its users, and a thorough study and resolution of details that make this a bioclimatic house, unique and daring.