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.