kjellgren kaminsky architecture has produced swedens first series of passive houses sold
as type houses in collaboration with emrahus. their goal was to make this environmentally
friendly building technique available for all. 'villa nyberg' is the first one to get built. the villa
has been customized for the nyberg family and is situated in borlänge, central sweden.
passive houses are extremely well-insulated buildings that are largely heated by the energy
already present in the building - people and our household equipment generate a lot of energy.
their energy simulations show that this villa will have an energy consumption for heating of only
25 kwh/m²year.
to reduce heatloss airtightness is an important feature of a passivehouse. when they tested
the airtightness of 'villa nyberg' in a blow door test they got a pleasent suprise - a new swedish record.
the result was 0,038 l/sm² at 50 pa. the swedish passive house standard is 0,3 and the previous
record was 0,07.
the villa is situated by a lake in a fur forest in central sweden. the living room and kitchen
open up towards the views of the lake, the more private areas such as the bedrooms
and bathrooms are situated on the other side of the house with smaller windows overlooking
the forest. the round shape of the villa eliminates coldbridges and reduces the enclosing wall
area of the house. it also effects the way you live in the house, during the day one will move
from room to room around the building experiencing different views and daylight conditions.
the autumn is closing in, but its still warm in the sun. its sunday morning and i’m reading
the newspaper in the kitchen. from here i can see almost the whole house. the kitchen
and the living room form one big open room. from there two corridors running along
the atrium connects it with the bedrooms. if i look into the atrium i can see the doors to
the bedrooms on the other side, there our kids are still fast asleep, they stayed up a bit
too long yesterday watching movies.
