There are not only the sports Olympics. There are many other international competitions that cover various sectors, including that of sustainable architecture. The next Solar Decathlon (this is the name of the review) will take place a Dubai in 2018 and in China in 2020. The finalists have recently been announced, and among these there will also be some Italian universities with their projects for House of the future.
The house of the future that speaks Italian
There are 22 finalist projects for the next edition of Solar Decathlon Middle East. Among these are those presented by various Italian university centers. The first is that ofLa Sapienza University of Rome who presented a project for a completely self-sufficient house. Solar panels and a structure able to integrate with the difficult climate of Middle East: here is the house of the future according to Roman students and researchers. The complex will also be easy to build and maintain, reducing costs and resources.
Then there is the project carried out by Universities of Chieti-Pescara, Pisa, Caserta and Alghero. A single-family house able to recycle water and with zero impact, also designed for the Middle Eastern climate. The water aspect of the project is what attracted the attention of the jury the most, as it is an often underestimated problem.
The project running for China 2020
There is also a third project running for the second phase of the Solar Decathlon which will take place in China in 2020. It is that of Polytechnic of Turin made in collaboration with South China University of Technology. Long Plan (the name of the project) aims to build houses that develop on one floor. The shape has been studied to adapt to the regional climate and to create various functional combinations. Their arrangement can in fact be managed to meet the needs of the community.
All projects are currently under construction. The models will be presented during the review and evaluated by an international jury. So we just have to wait to find out what the house of the future will be.
