Designed by the renowned French designer Philippe Starck and produced by the Slovenian wooden house manufacturer Riko, the line of prefabricated sustainable houses \u2019Democratic Ecological Architecture\u2019 adapts Starck\u2019s top-level design to the individual needs of the client, resulting in environmentally-friendly houses with low energy consumption and maximum comfort.<\/p>\n
The layout of the load-bearing structure for the prototype followed the project\u2019s guiding idea of simplicity. We chose cross columns and beams with visible bottom flanges to provide sufficient stability without the need to add obtrusive diagonal bracings used in conventional steel structures. By attaching a stiffened plated girder to the perimeter beams we provided support to the glass fa\u00e7ade, while at the same time offering a discrete hiding space for the mechanism of the automated linen awnings.<\/p>\n
We paid special attention to the visible surfaces of steel elements \u2013 columns, beams, and the entire spiral staircase, which is made entirely of thin steel plates \u2013 as they will remain visible throughout the entire lifespan of the building. All these surfaces were carefully sand blasted and protected with a transparent coating, which preserves the visible texture of steel and provides a unique and refined aesthetic effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59086,"parent":0,"menu_order":70,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[168,171,172,173,92,95,167],"class_list":["post-57576","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-reuse-of-materials","portfolio_category-bim-technologies","portfolio_category-research-development-and-innovation","portfolio_category-green-roofs-and-or-facades","portfolio_category-structural-engineering","portfolio_category-featured","portfolio_category-energy-efficiency-and-renewable-energy-sources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elea.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/57576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elea.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elea.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elea.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elea.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57576"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.elea.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/57576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61654,"href":"https:\/\/www.elea.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/57576\/revisions\/61654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elea.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elea.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elea.si\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=57576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}