How to combine a house with a barnglass walls, what a geothermal pump can be useful for and what to replace a window with, we will tell you in our new material Why destroy the old if you can create something new from it? Probably, this line of thinking prompted Chris and Kim Marshall to buy an old farmhouse with a barn.
Reconstruction of buildings that have not been renovated sinceIn the 1960s, the couple entrusted the van Ellen + Sheryn bureau. The architects had to replace almost everything: the roof, floors, windows. They left only the walls and beams. The connecting element and at the same time the central node was a glass structure with a flat roof, where the kitchen and living room with a stunning panoramic view of the surrounding forests are now located.
The "barn" currently houses 2 bedrooms, 2bathroom, utility room and dressing room. A small room for storing gardening equipment and a geothermal heat pump was also organized here.
Besides the aesthetic and functional valueThe Marshalls were also interested in the energy efficiency of their new property. The architects satisfied this need of the clients by placing photovoltaic and solar panels on the roof, which maintain the necessary amount of energy and hot water. In turn, the already mentioned geothermal pump performs the function of heating all the rooms.
Our opinion Of course, it’s good if there is one in the househuge windows. But what if one of the rooms has tiny windows, or even no windows at all? High-quality photo wallpaper will save the situation. If the prosaic pasting of one of the walls with them does not inspire you, we recommend using the technique of the architects from van Ellen + Sheryn and pasting them on the interior of the shelves.
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Reconstruction of the building of the 60's: how to make an energy efficient house from a barn
