January 24, 2010

Superinsulation.


Superinsulation
image (c) by anarchitecture, christoph wassmann

Somewhere in Munich. Superinsulation makes buildings fat.

5 comment(s):

SpiegelEule said...

"wo ist das sonnenlicht hin?" "draußen irgendwo."

pertedetemps said...

Hahahah! That's the proof that in some cases, fat is nice...

m|w said...

I am not really sure what this post is saying. Is the insulation bad cause is makes the building fat? Or is that good??

killahworm said...

would it not be better to have the windows flush with then exterior surface to get maximum sunlight into the building?

Peter said...

It's hard to see what material is, but it immediately made me think of a research I've been doing on ICFs, which are basically foam blocks that are infilled with concrete. Could this be that?