Temporary Housing | Structural Steel Design
TU DELFT | March-April 2016
The idea for this temporary housing project draws from tangram,
the ancient Chinese puzzle game.
Necessity for temporary housing may arise often under various circumstances, but yet each inhabitant has varying needs.
The uniqueness of each person is reflected into the design: Just as tangram consists of several pieces that can be scattered and rearranged, each house consists of several components, whose arrangement can be customized.
TANGRAM: transformation
Sustainable Strategies and HVAC
- Steel, recyclable
- Geothermal heating/cooling
- Rainwater collection for gardening and WCs
- Power generation from PVs.
- Green roofs
- Cavity façade - ventilated
- External sunshading
- Geothermal heating/cooling
- Rainwater collection for gardening and WCs
- Power generation from PVs.
- Green roofs
- Cavity façade - ventilated
- External sunshading
External sunshading, ventilated facade, green roof & PVs
HVAC, rainwater collection
Exemplary floorplan
