Rabat, Morocco
Riad à tiroirs
This 200m² property is designed according to specific rules: autonomy, respect for natural cycles, compactness and complexity. The main difficulty has been to reproduce accelerated natural cycles on a small scale (water cycle, cycle of organic matter, energy cycle) and then merge the various devices related to these cycles within the architecture. In addition to endorsing these technical devices, this architecture is innovative in terms of occupancy space strategy. Being modular, it allows nomadism as needed (use change, transformation or reduction of spaces) depending on e.g. the seasons or the number of occupants (modification of the division). There is no fixed space to which a function is assigned; in this house everything changes and moves. The cybernetic approach is based on the relationship between the elements of a system in equilibrium.
Project info
- Construction phase
- Refurbishment
- Building type
- Single Family House (SFH)
- Detailed building type
- Single Family House (SFH) - attached (row house / townhouse)
- Net floor area
- 200 m2
- Land plot size
- 207 m2
- Stories
- 3 stories
- Construction type
- Mixed construction
- Original construction year of the building
- 2013
- Project contact
- Myriam Soussan
- Contact email address
- archibionik@gmail.com
Project team
- Developer(s)/owner(s)
- Myriam Soussan
- Architect(s)
- Myriam Soussan
Building Rating and Certifications systems
- Rating and certifications systems
- Not applicable
- Not applicable
Building Envelope
External walls
- Description of construction
- Mud walls and stones with very high thermal inertia (earth/stone).
Roof
- Roof type
- Flat roof
- Description of construction
- Roof insulated with cork/ steel joinery and double glazing/ 2 glass roofs totaling 24 m² in double glazing for heating in winter as well as crock
- U-Value
- 2.45 W/(m²*K)
Openings and windows
- Glazing type
- Double glazed
- U-Value glass
- 2.45 W/(m²*K)
- Frame material / description
- N/A
- Overall u-value window
- 2.45 W/(m²*K)
Basement floor
- Description of construction
- N/A
Technical Building Systems
Ventilation system
- Type of ventilation
- Free ventilation (windows)
Space cooling system
- Primary space cooling system
Water heater system
- Primary water heater system
- Solar Thermal collector on the roof
- Description
- Solar water heater 200L thermo-siphon without electrical resistance
Lighting system
- Primary lighting system
- LED (Light emitting diode lamps)
- Efficiency
- 100
- Description
- Very low consumption lamps (Yellow lamps)
Shading devices
- Type of shading system installed
- Manual systems (e.g. roller shutters, folding shutters, external blinds)
- Description
- Wooden shutters
Photovoltaics
- Capacity
- 1.1 kWp
- Description
- 1075Wp of photovoltaic panels, a 150V/70A max regulator, a 5Kva (220V) inverter, 6 batteries totaling 1320Ah
Final Energy Demand
- Total specific final energy demand
- N/A kWh/(m²*a)
Financial Aspects
- Project construction cost
- 70000 EUR
