The Exploded House is a concrete home composed of three volumes connected by a glass atrium, designed to meet the building codes of the area. Joined together as a single home, each volume serves a different purpose and is less than 75 sq meters. One volume serves as the master bedroom and a bathroom, another a kitchen and dining room, and then the third serves a guesthouse with an adjacent study. The large center atrium is not only the entrance to the home, but provides 180 degree views of the landscape and bay below. A fourth volume is located down below the main pool and serves as a self-contained apartment building.
To stay cool the home relies on two passive cooling systems – rainwater collection and natural ventilation. First the home’s concrete roof has been outfitted with depressions that collect rainwater. The rainwater cascades from the roof of one of the buildings to the other and is then circulated back around, providing cooling through evapotranspiration. The windows of the main atrium are operated electronically and can be slid open to be flush with the ground, opening the space to the exterior and encouraging natural ventilation with sea breezes.
In Bodrum, in southwest Turkey, antiquated building codes restrict homes to a size of 75 sq meters or less, making constructing new homes a bit more challenging. Global Architectural Development responded to this law by designing a house made of three separate buildings connected by glass atrias. Dubbed the ‘Exploded House’ this concrete houme sits neatly above the port settlement and takes advantage of breezes through electronic sliding windows. However, one of the more interesting features of the…
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Composed of three volumes – each less than 75 sq meters to meet building codes – the home is ‘exploded’ into three parts.
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The home is located up above the bay in Bodrum and takes advantage of natural sea breezes to help keep it cool.
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Built of concrete and glass, the buildings are joined by a large glass atrium in the center.
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A lap pool is built off the atrium on a slightly lower grade.
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Natural light floods in interior atrium space and natural ventilation is used to help cool the home.
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Located slightly below the home is a self-contained apartment building.
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The atrium acts as the entrance to the building as well as the heart of the home connecting to each of the individual volumes.
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The home’s large windows electronically operated and can open flush with the floor to allow sea breezes to flood the house.
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With the windows fully open the home connects with the outdoors and the surrounding landscape, using sea breezes to keep it cool.
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Meanwhile rainwater collected on the roof is used to keep the home cool through evapotranspiration.
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The exploded home is composed of three volumes serving as the master bedroom and bathroom; kitchen and dining; and a guest room and study connected by the atrium.
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