Taghkanic Passive House
An exterior precedent for combining vertical timber slat cladding on an upper level with durable metal panels below in a rural residential setting.
- What we like about this project
- An exterior plumbing fixture mounted directly to the smooth lower metal facade next to the entry sequence.
Materials
- timber
- metal
- glass
- stone
Visual identifiers
- vertical-timber-cladding
- metal-panel-base
- punched-windows
- passive-house
Style tags
- contemporary
- sustainable
- minimal-rustic
Visual tags
- residential
- sustainable
- rural
- timber-facade
- dual-material
- Geometry
- Two-story rectangular volume with a flat roofline, featuring a vertical timber-clad upper floor resting on a light-colored metal panel lower level.
- Facade system
- Rain-screen facade with vertical timber battens over upper floor, smooth metal cladding at ground floor.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction on insulated foundation
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, intimate human approach from a low gravel and stone path.
- Lighting
- Soft, low-angle twilight or dawn light casting gentle shadows with warm interior light glowing through the entry door.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, quiet rural atmosphere underscored by natural materials and soft evening light.
- Environmental context
- Rural or semi-wild natural landscape with dense trees and scrub planting in the background.
- Spatial experience
- Grounded landscape approach leading directly to a framed entry door flanked by symmetrical punched windows.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical rhythm of timber slats contrasting with wider, staggered metal panel joints below.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rural sustainable architecture
- Program
- Single-family passive house residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- timber, metal, glass, stone
- Visual identifiers
- vertical-timber-cladding, metal-panel-base, punched-windows, passive-house
- Style tags
- contemporary, sustainable, minimal-rustic
- Visual tags
- residential, sustainable, rural, timber-facade, dual-material
- Geometry
- Two-story rectangular volume with a flat roofline, featuring a vertical timber-clad upper floor resting on a light-colored metal panel lower level.
- Facade system
- Rain-screen facade with vertical timber battens over upper floor, smooth metal cladding at ground floor.
- Structural guess
- Timber frame construction on insulated foundation
- Spatial scale
- Two-story residential scale, intimate human approach from a low gravel and stone path.
- Lighting
- Soft, low-angle twilight or dawn light casting gentle shadows with warm interior light glowing through the entry door.
- Atmosphere
- Serene, quiet rural atmosphere underscored by natural materials and soft evening light.
- Environmental context
- Rural or semi-wild natural landscape with dense trees and scrub planting in the background.
- Spatial experience
- Grounded landscape approach leading directly to a framed entry door flanked by symmetrical punched windows.
- Composition rhythm
- Regular vertical rhythm of timber slats contrasting with wider, staggered metal panel joints below.
- Style reading
- Contemporary rural sustainable architecture
- Program
- Single-family passive house residence
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture