The course of construction 1 involves building design, referring to the competition for a "Sustainable Village" of Figino, in the province of Milan.

 
The first request was the design of a building with two different sistems: massive and lightweight. The project is designed to exploit the natural resources of that site. The main target was to project a residential building as sustainable as possible. My priority is the effective use of solar energy with a photovoltaic park of 500 square meters, to meet 100% of energy requirements. 
Another very important issue is water, with the presence of water table, that offers us the chance to use heat pump water / water for heating and cooling the building. Rainwater can be used for toilets and garden watering. Another very important issue is the use of recycled materials and a supplies is a maximum distance of 100 kilometers from the construction site, to cut fuel consumption during transportation, thus lowering the total energy consumed. As for the Solar theme, the strategy is to design to minimize losses with high performance during the winter thanks to a technological package of building.

 

The south side of the construction, which due to limitations of surrounding buildings is tilted to 14 degrees at the axis East / West, was subjected of an important Solar analysis to design the best choice to creating different scenarios during the day but has sought to achieve an optimal radiation throughout the year depending on seasonal demands for heat.This solution was obtained by moving different floors of the blocks to overhang creating a shelter that can reduce energy requirements in winter when there is need to heat the building, in the summer when there need to cool the overheated rooms with shadow. The use of software like Ecotect Analysis 2011 was important to study the best position of the summer projections so that the surfaces irradiated minimally possible and in winter irradiated with the maximum irradiation. It was important to study areas needing natural light and the zones that required shadow like bedrooms.