Respyre develops moss-friendly concrete that transforms building walls into low-maintenance, living green surfaces that enhance urban aesthetics, improve air quality, and provide natural cooling.
Organization
+Seelinger Architekten+Ingenieure; Holz & Dach GmbH; TU Darmstadt, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Design
Project information
The prototype is a small demonstrator of the wall, roof and floor of a tiny house made mostly of paper materials. The tiny house is designed as a do-it-yourself system and consists of individual prefabricated elements (roof, wall, floor, interior fittings) that are connected using various connection techniques. To design a building that is as user-friendly as possible, a grid of 0.75 x 0.75 [m] was chosen, which makes it possible to expand the tiny house if the living situation changes. In the tiny house, the paper materials are used as thermal insulation and as load-bearing elements according to their properties. Sinuswave board is used in a vertical orientation as thermal insulation in the wall. At the same time, this component is used as a load-bearing structure for vertical loads. The load transfer of the roof is realized using paper tubes. The tiny house is built using a layered structure made of individual paper materials and newly developed connection solutions. Particular attention is paid to the almost complete separation of the materials at the end of the tiny house’s use to increase its circularity. The heating of the tiny house is made possible by a special heating paper containing carbon fiber, which is used under a wallpaper.