Passive house with simple elegance in New England

What do you think a holiday home should have? Many would say: a quiet, natural location, airiness and luxurious furnishings? Then you are exactly right here. We have selected this living example so that you can fully incorporate the effect of open living spaces and light-flooded surroundings on the overall look of a residential building. In order to remind you in good time of the upcoming vacation time, we present you today an excellent holiday home with a far-reaching view of the surrounding nature:

This quiet holiday home with a simple design has 110 square meters of living space and consists of two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a spacious kitchen-cum-living room. The wonderful view of the garden makes it a desirable retreat.

The flexible, spacious living space is characterized by sustainability and ease of care, says architect Stephanie Horowitz. Cozy rooms invite you to relax as well as to do creative work: the owner of the house is a writer.

Because of the predominantly cold weather in New England and the high heating costs, Horowitz emphasized the advantages of a passive house. The small building has very good thermal insulation and consumes little heating energy.

The innovative building will have a gable roof that is traditional for this area. It can be seen most clearly in the kitchen, which together with the adjoining dining and living room form the center of the holiday home. In such a small building, practical and flexible living space is a must.

Typical rural architecture with a gable roof; the open pipe in the kitchen area is part of the innovative ventilation system

Special windows and doors collect solar energy, mostly located on the south side of the house

Fiber cement cladding is hidden behind the strong red side walls. The unique facade made of cedar wood has turned light gray due to the strong weather conditions.

Strong weather influences make the cedar wood look silver-gray today

Passive living space means direct use of solar energy. The windows with special glass face south and store solar energy. The insulation by wooden cladding creates an extremely well insulated building envelope. A passive house saves around 80% of heating energy compared to a normal household.

No longer a costly thing: modern heating is done with sunlight

This number really seems enormous to us, as does the chic homeliness that prevails in all rooms. A family of seven lives in the one-story house and it offers their comfortable get-together. Here we see a cozy one Family place to relax, work and be together.

Half-height partition separates the living room from the entrance area

The side walls in strong red were fitted with fiber cement cladding

The optimal south orientation of this holiday home significantly reduces energy consumption

White walls and large windows … and a wonderful view of the beautiful nature outside

Both bedrooms are located at both ends of the house