LETH & GORI's Brick House is a project that creates innovation by reinventing history. By revisiting materials and solutions from historic houseswhich have proven to be robust and have a long life span, a new type of contemporary sustainable house is created.
Brick House is part of a development project titled Mini-CO2 houses initiated by the philanthropic foundation Realdania. The goal of Realdania's project is to develop affordable sustainable houses with a low CO2 footprint. A total of six houses have been built on a site in Nyborg Denmark. Each house with a different approach to how CO2 reduction can be achieved for example by focusing on materials and building techniques or byfocusing on aiding the inhabitants to reduce CO2.
“长寿命”的住宅砖房有两个目标：50年免维护；150年使用寿命。
A [long] living houseBrick House has two main objectives; to create a house which is maintenance free for 50 years; and to create a house with a life span of minimum 150 years.
Brick House is based on a vision of a house that is alive and can breathe. This vision is realized by reducing the wall construction of the house to one material--clay. By using clay blocks and bricks a solid and homogeneous and first of all simple outer wall is created. This outer wall is diffusion-open thus allowing the building to breathe just like the traditional solid brick houses that have proven to last. In addition the reduction to one wallmaterial reduces the number of joints between different materials and the potential building mistakes that these joints traditionally causes.
The solid brick walls result in a robust and healthy house with a long lifespan, good indoor climate and low maintenance.
Brick House rediscovers knowledge and techniques from traditional brick houses in Denmark. Especially the houses from the era of the National Association for Better Building Traditions [Bedre Byggeskik] from the beginning of the 20th century has served as examples. As the name suggests these houses have a strong focus on creating buildings that are built well with good technical solutions, craftsmanship and materials. Brick Houseuses the same principles to build a contemporary home with a long life span thus adapting the best of historic buildings but at the same timeintegrating new knowledge and techniques. The result is a house that radiates qualities of architecture and craftsmanship.
Fact sheet:Project: Brick HousePlace: Steensager 4, Nyborg, DenmarkClient: Realdania BygCompetition start: April 2013Completion: November 2013 – Official inauguration June 2014Area: 136 m2. Budget: 2.4 mil. DKKPhoto credit: STAMERS KONTOR
Project team:Architects: LETH & GORI Uffe Leth og Karsten GoriEngineer: Buro Happold ApSConsultants: Teknologisk Institut Nini Leimand, KADK - Institut 2 Muro Main contractor: Ebbe Bernth Murer og T?mrerBricklayer: Murermester Ask AskholmCarpenter Ole Larsen & S?nner v. Anders Larsen ApS
