Zenta Maurina's House

Geografisk beliggenhed
Valmiera region, Letland

Størrelse
477 m2

Byggeomkostninger
Eu 105,000

Byggeperiode
2000 -2002

Beskrivelse
'It is a family house in a Camphill village, where family & co-workers share their lives with special needs people.  The co-originators of the project were Rolf Jakobsen (Norway), & Meinards Medinskis (Latvia).

The house was built in a few different stages: first the foundation & wooden construction was done by two different building companies, then the walls from straw bales & fire wood were done by Bridge building school (Norway) students & teachers.

In the wall building process, the family, co-workers & people with special needs got involved – especially with the plastering.  They all remember it as an enjoyable experience.  At times the building process was slowed down a bit because the main architect was in Norway.

Climatic Conditions:   

Latvia’s weather is governed by a moderate oceanic climate, with pronounced cyclone activity and a considerable amount of precipitation. The average temperature in summer is 15.8°C, the average temperature in winter is –4.5°C .

Average precipitation in summer is 195 mm, in winter - 116 mm.

Extremes in temperature: winter can be as low as –32°C, summer up to +35°C, the wind this year was as strong as 140 kilometers per hour, average is 17 kilometers per hour.

Fundament, konstruktion, isolering
Expanded clay blocks

Wooden construction, straw bale walls, wood slate roof.

Straw

E-mail, hjemmeside

rozkalni@apollo.lv
http://www.brobyggerskolen.org/engelsk/projects/latvia.html

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