Architects: Malka Architects
Location: Israel Valley, Israel
Photography: © Oded Smadar, Eyal Malka
In planning this home, emphasis was placed on creating an optimal structure that complied with sustainable design principles. Three major advantages emerge from the positioning of the house on an orthogonal grid, not parallel to the rectangular plot: 1. This positioning achieves an optimal orientation towards the sun. 2. The skewed positioning of the house relative to the plot results in the optimization of the exterior spaces. 3. The positioning enables better views.
The concrete entry gate is an off-axis relative to the house and establishes a visual relationship with other buildings along the same street.
079 Solar energy is a clean, renewable resource that can be used to heat rooms and water for bathing and cooking.
A “gray flow” system utilizes gray water from the washing machine and bathrooms to irrigate the garden. This system filters the water and distributes it around the garden via a drip-line system.
The house benefits from air-blocks on all four sides and the articulation of spaces allows a natural flow of air.
