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The Eco Temporary Refuge, A Sustainable Design of Housing Posted: 31 Jan 2011 10:31 PM PST High mountains become very popular place to be visit and people try to leave there due to the beautiful and fresh environment. Unfortunately, the development of housing in these area cause a lot of damages for the nature. Cimini Architettura designed a sustainable product for this purpose, The Temporary Refuge. This is a prefabricated housing that adopts green home design concepts. This green house design was created to be placed in mountain area. It substitutes permanent housings that usually, the development of these kind housings may endanger the surroundings, as there will be eco-system destruction and a lot of energy and time will be needed. Also if these permanent housing are not needed, the demolition processes will cause problems too. The Eco-Temporary Refuge was designed to have portability and easy to be deployed and dismantled. By this feature, this sustainable housing can be moved everywhere easily without creating some damages to the environment. Also, it will need less energy and time to be move, as this housing can be moved by helicopter, no special road needed, which means changes on the environment are not needed. Green construction becomes very important for this sustainable housing.  When installed, the refuge rests on several pillars to minimize contact to the soil, minimizing damage to the environment. It is designed to cover up to six people, and can protect them from cold weather. The house is designed to have self-energy source, with the existing of 4 kW solar panel, used for electricity and underfloor heating system. The house embraces the snow as a thermal insulation and is used in the sewage treatment of the house, converting it to hot water. Snow is also used as fresh water source, with the using of snow transformation system. As almost all environment conditions where the refuge will be located are cold, less windows are used. The glasses used for the windows have good insulation properties, to trap the heat on winter, and when summer, they are opened to provide natural ventilation. Spruce woods are used for finishing materials, derived from the maintenance and securing of forests. This sustainable house design is made in such ways to be transported by helicopter Mil Mi 26 T which has 200 kN max lifting weight. The house itself has 25 kN, including the structure. Piston type tires, completed with 9 pillars Lukas Hydraulik are used for the structure. Deployment area selection must consider the risk of avalanche, the sunlight, and the nature trail crossing. By all of these features, this green home building will be a great place for adventurers and researchers when a refuge in the mountain’s top is needed. ref

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