House R 128
Encyclopedia
House R 128 is a futuristic single family
house
in Stuttgart
, Germany
, built by architect
Werner Sobek
in 1999/2000.
The house features a modular
and recyclable design, is
completely glazed and has no interior dividing walls.
It is computerized and meets its own energy requirements completely.
which is a small and steep piece of land at the edge of the vale
of
Stuttgart
.
When the house was built, it was paid a great amount of attention in the
architectural world.
The building is shaped like a cube
, has four levels and is wrapped by a
glass shield.
All components can be segregated for recycling.
There are no walls or closed rooms (apart from the bathroom
s) and only few pieces of furniture
.
The transparency is supposed to create the impression that one lives outdoors exposed to nature
.
Due to its passive solar architecture with triple-glazed walls, the house
needs no energy for heating.
Seasonal temperature shifts are balanced by a seasonal thermal store
.
Electricity
is generated by solar cell
s.
Every item in the house is computer-controlled.
house
House
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, built by architect
Architect
An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the...
Werner Sobek
Werner Sobek
Werner Sobek is a German architect and structural engineer.- Life :Werner Sobek was born 1953 in Aalen, Germany. From 1974 to 1980, he studied structural engineering and architecture at the University of Stuttgart...
in 1999/2000.
The house features a modular
Modular home
Modular buildings and modular homes are sectional prefabricated buildings or houses that consist of multiple modules or sections which are built in a remote facility and then delivered to their intended site of use...
and recyclable design, is
completely glazed and has no interior dividing walls.
It is computerized and meets its own energy requirements completely.
Overview
The name of the house is derived from its location at Römerstrasse 128,which is a small and steep piece of land at the edge of the vale
River Valley
River Valley is the name of an urban planning area within the Central Area, Singapore's central business district.The River Valley Planning Area is defined by the region bounded by Orchard Boulevard, Devonshire Road and Eber Road to the north, Oxley Rise and Mohamed Sultan Road to the east, Martin...
of
Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
.
When the house was built, it was paid a great amount of attention in the
architectural world.
The building is shaped like a cube
Cube
In geometry, a cube is a three-dimensional solid object bounded by six square faces, facets or sides, with three meeting at each vertex. The cube can also be called a regular hexahedron and is one of the five Platonic solids. It is a special kind of square prism, of rectangular parallelepiped and...
, has four levels and is wrapped by a
glass shield.
All components can be segregated for recycling.
There are no walls or closed rooms (apart from the bathroom
Bathroom
A bathroom is a room for bathing in containing a bathtub and/or a shower and optionally a toilet, a sink/hand basin/wash basin and possibly also a bidet....
s) and only few pieces of furniture
Furniture
Furniture is the mass noun for the movable objects intended to support various human activities such as seating and sleeping in beds, to hold objects at a convenient height for work using horizontal surfaces above the ground, or to store things...
.
The transparency is supposed to create the impression that one lives outdoors exposed to nature
Nature
Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general...
.
Due to its passive solar architecture with triple-glazed walls, the house
needs no energy for heating.
Seasonal temperature shifts are balanced by a seasonal thermal store
Seasonal thermal store
A seasonal thermal store is a store designed to retain heat deposited during the hot summer months for use during colder winter weather...
.
Electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
is generated by solar cell
Solar cell
A solar cell is a solid state electrical device that converts the energy of light directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect....
s.
Every item in the house is computer-controlled.