Reinforced wall is finished

Just as well weather got better this week. No snow already, so builders could work and they've already finised the reinforced concrete wall as they had planned.

Merry Christmas and Happy 2010

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Ein ganz Weiß Panorama

It's cold and snowy in Barajuen

Winter has arrived this week all of a sudden. Everything is beautifully white, even though it makes it difficult to get to Barajuen. Winter tires are going to be a must.

Builders have prepared everything to start pouring the concrete for the reinforced retaining wall. But I'm not sure whether they're going to be able to work out there in this weather or not. I hope they do, because the plan was to have that wall ready by the end of this year.

Bio-architecture

You've seen the place. You've seen what it`s going to be like. You've seen the first steps of the development. But, is there anything else about the house that is special?



Of course there is. The house was designed and it`s being built acording to "bio-architecture" criteria, that is, bearing in mind sustainable arquitecture criteria and following tradional building methods and concepts. "Bio-architecture" puts enphasis on:

• the location of the building (geobiology),
• its orientation, for passive energy optimization,
• its integration into the environment,
• the aim for an efficient energy saving system (thermal isolation, natural ligthing, natural heating,...),
• the use of materials that are available on large quantities on the spot, unrefined, that need little manufacturing (reduced energy waste) and not harmful to human health,
• the use of easy to re-use and recycle materials once the building is demolished.

Basically, it`s the way houses had always been built by our ancestors, but that apparently our developed society had completely forgotten.