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Passiv Haus - Passive House
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Urban and small town life
Building science
Politics as it serves better communities.
Building for the real world.
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here's version w/ (4) 6 story 'el'-shaped PABs
300 homes
half of them are 2-4 bedrooms (status quo development in seattle right now has that number at <6%)
max FAR: 2.8 (less than half what would normally see on a 6 story site)
lot coverage: 47%
look at how massive those courtyards are: 🌳🌳🌳🌳
300 homes
half of them are 2-4 bedrooms (status quo development in seattle right now has that number at <6%)
max FAR: 2.8 (less than half what would normally see on a 6 story site)
lot coverage: 47%
look at how massive those courtyards are: 🌳🌳🌳🌳
October 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
here's version w/ (4) 6 story 'el'-shaped PABs
300 homes
half of them are 2-4 bedrooms (status quo development in seattle right now has that number at <6%)
max FAR: 2.8 (less than half what would normally see on a 6 story site)
lot coverage: 47%
look at how massive those courtyards are: 🌳🌳🌳🌳
300 homes
half of them are 2-4 bedrooms (status quo development in seattle right now has that number at <6%)
max FAR: 2.8 (less than half what would normally see on a 6 story site)
lot coverage: 47%
look at how massive those courtyards are: 🌳🌳🌳🌳
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thread on how single stair enables not just more family-sized homes - but higher quality and much more livable:
bsky.app/profile/holz...
bsky.app/profile/holz...
i know politicians don't want to hear it - but if you actually want more family sized homes, the answer isn't increased FAR - it's legalizing taller point access blocks, and not limiting the number of instances per lot.
www.archdaily.com/1034936/50-s...
www.archdaily.com/1034936/50-s...
50 Social Housing Units – DE PEUS A TERRA i el cap pels núvols / Miel Arquitectos + MARMOLBRAVO + MADhel
Completed in 2025 in Barcelona, Spain. Images by Jose Hevia. DE PEUS A TERRA (i el cap pels núvols) is a building with 50 social housing units in the Bon Pastor neighborhood of Barcelona, where common...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:16 PM
thread on how single stair enables not just more family-sized homes - but higher quality and much more livable:
bsky.app/profile/holz...
bsky.app/profile/holz...
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just going to keep hammering this home - if US politicians actually want more 3- and 4-bedroom homes in multifamily housing... single stair is how you do it.
the shaded units here are all 3-bedroom homes. good luck doing this in a double loaded corridor.
note they are all dual aspect as well
the shaded units here are all 3-bedroom homes. good luck doing this in a double loaded corridor.
note they are all dual aspect as well
October 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
just going to keep hammering this home - if US politicians actually want more 3- and 4-bedroom homes in multifamily housing... single stair is how you do it.
the shaded units here are all 3-bedroom homes. good luck doing this in a double loaded corridor.
note they are all dual aspect as well
the shaded units here are all 3-bedroom homes. good luck doing this in a double loaded corridor.
note they are all dual aspect as well
November 2, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Because dumping is simply the easiest solution…
Wait… what??
Wait… what??
November 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Because dumping is simply the easiest solution…
Wait… what??
Wait… what??
Nice project!
Sooner or later we will see the need for the incredibly land consumption habit of over-provision of parking as the silliness that it is…
Sooner or later we will see the need for the incredibly land consumption habit of over-provision of parking as the silliness that it is…
November 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Nice project!
Sooner or later we will see the need for the incredibly land consumption habit of over-provision of parking as the silliness that it is…
Sooner or later we will see the need for the incredibly land consumption habit of over-provision of parking as the silliness that it is…
How are you thinking of accomplishing that? Build underground?
November 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
How are you thinking of accomplishing that? Build underground?
And doing so without controlled airflow through building assemblies is inviting building physics disasters…
But likely there’s a bunch of details you could show me to clarify.
It would be nice to see how those ideas would work where I am, with +36 to -38*C temperatures…
But likely there’s a bunch of details you could show me to clarify.
It would be nice to see how those ideas would work where I am, with +36 to -38*C temperatures…
November 2, 2025 at 3:04 AM
And doing so without controlled airflow through building assemblies is inviting building physics disasters…
But likely there’s a bunch of details you could show me to clarify.
It would be nice to see how those ideas would work where I am, with +36 to -38*C temperatures…
But likely there’s a bunch of details you could show me to clarify.
It would be nice to see how those ideas would work where I am, with +36 to -38*C temperatures…
As well as thermal bridge free design, mechanical (as well as passive - open windows) ventilation, and optimized solar exposure.
The results of which is very low heating - and cooling loads, AND taking advantage of whatever free energy is available via the environment.
It’s the core of the model.
The results of which is very low heating - and cooling loads, AND taking advantage of whatever free energy is available via the environment.
It’s the core of the model.
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
As well as thermal bridge free design, mechanical (as well as passive - open windows) ventilation, and optimized solar exposure.
The results of which is very low heating - and cooling loads, AND taking advantage of whatever free energy is available via the environment.
It’s the core of the model.
The results of which is very low heating - and cooling loads, AND taking advantage of whatever free energy is available via the environment.
It’s the core of the model.
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btw - in der wiesen sued? it's pretty different from anything we build in the US - and it actual has two stairs. nearly a passivhaus. good unit mix. family sized homes. usable balconies. play areas. amenities.
<$230k per home when it was built in 2017
www.baunetz-architekten.de/dietrich-unt...
<$230k per home when it was built in 2017
www.baunetz-architekten.de/dietrich-unt...
In der Wiesen Süd, Wien | Dietrich Untertrifaller, Bregenz
Architekten Profil im BauNetz von Dietrich Untertrifaller , A-6900 Bregenz - dietrich,untertrifaller,architekt,architekten,architektur,bregenz,wien,gallen
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October 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
btw - in der wiesen sued? it's pretty different from anything we build in the US - and it actual has two stairs. nearly a passivhaus. good unit mix. family sized homes. usable balconies. play areas. amenities.
<$230k per home when it was built in 2017
www.baunetz-architekten.de/dietrich-unt...
<$230k per home when it was built in 2017
www.baunetz-architekten.de/dietrich-unt...
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'Designing procurement to include architecture competitions is an opportunity to ensure new housing that will inspire and last; will respond to and serve increasingly diversifying needs; and, perhaps most importantly, reinvigorate public engagement with and trust in public processes'
yes yes yes
yes yes yes
October 31, 2025 at 8:17 PM
'Designing procurement to include architecture competitions is an opportunity to ensure new housing that will inspire and last; will respond to and serve increasingly diversifying needs; and, perhaps most importantly, reinvigorate public engagement with and trust in public processes'
yes yes yes
yes yes yes
How is what you’re describing - utilizing free energy from the environment - not a PassivHaus?
That is precisely what a PassivHaus is…
That is precisely what a PassivHaus is…
November 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
How is what you’re describing - utilizing free energy from the environment - not a PassivHaus?
That is precisely what a PassivHaus is…
That is precisely what a PassivHaus is…