then the habitat of the future
we all have in mind an idea of
crate that his house of our dreams because
it is a house wife or
a beautiful Atik downtown or
still a villa by the sea but
deep down what are we really
need
we need a roof we need
feast of water to drink and water for
wash and a little electricity for
see the night so when I imagine the
great practice in the city center with
its jacuzzi overlooking the stars
I ask myself the question of cash which is
really essential is what is
accessory in society
of today the economy the inr us of y
produce consume is thrown and with that
we deplete our natural resources
indeed a week ago swiss
finally the vvf announced that switzerland
had consumed all his resources
for the year 2010 is so in less than
four months so what do we do
exists the circular economy of which
the idea is based on the principle of
four areas already reduce our
consumption
recycle reusing remanufacturing or
restored to nature what it comes
with systems that are like the
systems for water management by
example we can have these principles
circular is there at dawn in fact of
start my master project in
architecture I told myself that if I
could build I would like to build
solutions for the future and there we
I was introduced to the solar decathlon therefore
at the beginning of studies
architecture one must choose a workshop
the solar decathlon
you may have never heard
talk I was like you so I was
explained the idea it’s students
a group of students who will build
a house that only walks to
solar energy
and that’s for the solar side
decathlon it’s because in fact this
home and then tested on ten
criteria the architectural engineering
energy health comfort
communication and many more
actually leaving us is that
students will go build a
house that only walks to
solar energy
and there I thought it looks cool
for once we can build something
thing
in real life and present that then a
team has formed a team with
students coming from the sword
the acia tri bourg de la head de
Geneva and the United of Friborg
it was a bit like coming from the four
corners of the world we had students
in architecture in engineering
communication or even in economics and
then together we developed an idea
and we presented it we submitted it in
done to the energy department who
organizes the competition serves to
decathlon in the united states and we’ve been
selected
so to go introduce this house
in the united states in denver in october
2017
during the competition will be decathlon
Well, it put us a little
pressure because we thought how much
we are the Swiss team and we will go
present it to the United States so he
must still find a project
cool what’s up what are we going
make
does Switzerland need for
develop more sustainable cities
so we studied a bit in Switzerland
to the law on the development of
territory that tells us that the
territory it’s also a resource
limited and we also have the idea of
energy transition whose
next votes
so we have to lower our
energy consumption
but how do we do this and that our
project the nose bob so number for
neighborhood in English which means
in paste neighborhood and hub for center
so our idea is to build in
makes a house that will transform everything
a district
this house will be a meeting place
and sharing for locals that
will also allow everyone to actually act
to find alternatives on this
thematic that we defined who we
concern everyday so at the
food nor energy materials the
water management waste management
mobility and biodiversity
ok here I lost you all you want me
says concretely what are we
so tells
let’s imagine together what is it
the number go through that we did so
imagine that the bob onem and ask it
including a neighborhood of villas and precisely
in this neighborhood several people in
fat want to install panels
solar on their house but and it’s going
really how do they know not
how much does it cost
how does it work and suddenly a
company decides to come by a
conference in the nose bob for the
neighborhood to help those people whose
who come there what does that
that’s the solar panels and it shows
also how one can build oneself
even its solar thermal panels
that’s what we did in
our house they are like made and
so here are people to ask
their questions they were flying
concretely how does it work and
dare to sit here at home or
jean luc who is not really a
ecology economy in the souls the
green roofs the toilets
dry it’s not really something
who speaks to him but the comings see this
conference because that’s the panels
solar that spoke to him unfortunately
for him he has an urgent desire and
blow in the nose bomb
there are only dry toilets so
he tested and there he had to it was
not so different actually there was
even a sweet smell of sawdust and
finally actually why are we using
drinking water in our toilets
it’s not that logical because
yes is beautiful furniture is also a place
experience or his neighbor marie
who lives in a building a little more
far has always dreamed of having a garden
vegetable garden but unfortunately she lives
in an apartment and ben does not have the
so place the inviting city gardener
retired to come live a month
of a is bob and help the inhabitants of
different buildings who want
to install empathy vegetable garden but
who did not necessarily know how to do
to do it right and in agreement with the
city and the people today at
foot of these buildings
we have tomatoes zucchini
so in fact in this house we can
do multiple activities and she
brings together all these themes
and to get all the
thematic areas and also propose
solutions on all these themes
we had to make a house a little
particular so and looks like that
and one of its peculiarities by
example that can give just an idea
it is that we block and completely
productively
so we have solar panels that
are used to produce energy
electric
we have thermal solar panels
which are used to produce hot water
we recover in the center the rain for the
washing machine and for
water our plants and indoors
of these structures
we have vertical breasts we can
cultivate plants or a
solar dryer but hey there I
you actually talking about
this house is behind that behind
this house this project and all its
ideas there is mostly a team a
team of fifty students ready
to take up all the challenges to go
america introduce our project to
start what interested us
it was the multi disciplinary side
to work with students
other areas
because one does not often
of our studies to do it but we did
did not think we would become
ourselves in fact multifunctional myself
I’m in architecture and I’m going to
communication of the Baptist project which in
environmental sciences get
find themselves looking for funds for
build this house or else key
ok civil engineering had to explain to
plumbers exactly where exactly
piping while two months before
she knew absolutely nothing
but fortunately we are well surrounded
it’s also an academic adventure
four schools that are clustering with
all kinds of teachers who we
have framed who helps us who coaches us
but also in fact partners
institutions including companies that
come on we have the apprentices who come
on the building site build with us and
that’s really a big sharing
of experiences and ask them live
together we are passionate and for a
times too the students it’s us
than before the cards which our hands and
who are all researching the
partners we organize the events
have
we are looking for companies and have
built and we even make coffee
because we have workers
work the day but the night too
sometimes holidays or
weekends from where the coffee is very
important and we especially super united
because that’s what brings us
it’s the spirit of equipped that makes us
go further and take up all the
challenges
because actually going from the
conception of an idea at the
production
well sometimes we have problems this
which is normal but the important thing is
Keep moving forward
but more than united we are friends
been two years that all our holidays to
all your holidays but every time
several weeks during the holidays
winter and summer
we pass them together to make
intense workshops we work on the
project and we live under the same roof we
eat together morning noon evening
share our different activities
like climbing or karaoke
nand and that are more conclusive than
others and it’s mostly a great
discovery a discovery of the environment
professional
a technology discovery a
discovery also of way of thinking and
in order to collaborate
we like to laugh we happen too
sometimes crying or crying with joy
it depends on the moments because it’s
really a super intense experience
like today to find myself in front of
you have disagreements
yes when we are 50 we are not
always everything would be same length
wave but the important thing is the
communication
communication is an essential point
in this kind of project that’s why
that we have developed all kinds of
platforms on what’s app but we have
also a platform slack google drive
google calendar
yes we want to be sure in fact that
no one is missing anything and all
world be aware of all that
is not always easy
even with all the platforms we
has today available
but another important point is the
perseverance
because yes we need we need to
to lead an important project
until the end, never lower
arms
you continue and
we must say that we will succeed because
that after when we start to
build and that we actually see under
our eyes to the strength of our arms
things get really it’s a
a great happiness and it’s great and
it’s mostly a sharing experience
sharing knowledge sharing
of life sharing moments of ways
to do we see that not everyone
do the same but we accept ourselves and are
together
together we 50 students including me
am a
among the others who are there but who
are there with me we decided to
to take up this challenge is to work in
four different Swiss schools with
students from different fields
and build something together
is then to present it to
united states and that’s to tell you
that in fact if we want we can act and
that it’s up to us to actually decide
what will be our habitat of the future
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