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there is the Multipurpose center. Residential and commercial buildings are located in the
middle of the area, in direct contact with the public park.
The architectonic solutions highlight the attention paid to the environment and the
appropriate use of materials and resources. The west and east facades of the buildings
are characterized by a great use of timber elements, traditional material of the vernacular
architecture of the Trentino region. The materials used for the finishing of dwellings are
mainly grey plaster and local stone, while the commercial spaces are totally glazed. The
facades draw is completed with climber plants (ivy) that during the winter allow the sun
to enter into the spaces, and in summer avoiding the overheating of the conditioned
space with their leaves. The hardscapes are mainly in stone.
The combined use of timber and titanium-zinc sheet composes the roofs, on which a PV
plant is installed for the electricity production. For what concerns heating and cooling, a
trigeneration plant serves the entire neighborhood. This is an innovative centralized
system, that allows saving fossil fuel consumption, reducing environmental loads and
maintenance and operation costs. Furthermore, a very well insulated envelope and the
attention paid in designing and realizing the construction details improve the buildings
energy performance, all classified as A class.
All buildings of the project will be certified: MUSE and Multipurpose Centre are going
LEED
while dwellings and offices are pursuing the
ClimateHouse standard
.
Unifying element of all buildings is the roof, accurately designed because of its great
visibility from above. Thanks to their different inclinations, the slopes, covered with
titanium-zinc sheets, reflect the sunlight in different ways during the day.
But the roof is not only important for these aesthetic and formal aspects: it has also a
fundamental role for the comfort (thermal and acoustic) and wellbeing of the building
occupants and inhabitants. For this reason, the roofing system was designed in order to
meet these instances, introducing insulation and ventilation layers, able to guarantee a
high level of performance and durability (Fig.2).
Figure 2: Detail of the roofing system of “Le Albere” neighbourhood, Trento – Italy
(
sketch Zintek s.r.l.)
