be 2226 Die Temperatur der Architektur / The Temperature of Architecture

The house 2226, built in 2013, has received an exceptionally large media echo. The reason lies in the sophisticated design of this office building: it operates without heating, air conditioning, and ventilation. "When we install an enormous amount of building technology, air, and water systems in a building today to achieve comfortable conditions, the question arises whether there are not more effective methods," says Dietmar Eberle. His house proves that low-tech is an alternative to highly equipped passive houses. However, ecological and economical building must also meet architectural demands: proportion, relativity, materiality, and light are essential for the comfort of the users. The book documents this groundbreaking model of a new architecture: it offers a photographic documentation by Eduard Hueber and clarifies the architectural and energy concept through plans.