Heidis
Heidis, Kiens,Italy
One might think that the architect, Matteo Thun, from Milan is joking with the name of his architecture, a pre-fabricated house. One immediately thinks of the typical clich?s associated with this name: the Alps, barns, farms, and pristine countryside. It is true that Heidis are not high-tech houses, but are completely built of wood, if one overlooks stonewalled segments. Nevertheless, they still cannot be considered a wooden cabin in the Alps. The appearance of the “zero energy house” is optimally integrated into the landscape and nature with its curved rooftops, the windowless north side and a glass fa?ade on the south side. The architect himself also speaks of a type of “light shutter”, which opens the house to the sun and thus to its warmth. The effective energy-storing characteristics of the wood enable an efficient energy supply, because wood not only projects warmth optically. The interior is divided by a massive wooden stand construction made of spruce, in which each everyday function receives its own fixed place. Heidis are available in 6 different sizes. The cross- section of the curved arc always remains the same, only the length varies according to the desired size of the house.
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