The team of Studio ARHE has the pleasure of currently working on the design for a single-family passive house with high requirements in the Ivanyane district of Bankya, Sofia. The plot is located in the outskirts of the newly developing area of Ivanyane, from where the wide fields around the settlement begin. That’s why the view is fantastic. The object is composed of two main building volumes – the heated part of the house and separately the garage and the summer area with the veranda. The loadbearing structure is hybrid and is composed of a reinforced concrete skeleton, which is covered and enveloped by high-tech and in places prominent wooden structures. Exposed concrete and ventilated fiber cement board and titanium zinc sheet cladding will be used on the exterior. The residential building will be founded on thermal insulation, and the thicknesses of the insulation layers on the facades and the roof will be at the level of a passive house. Large-format window systems and suspended facades with double-glazed panes and full external sun protection are planned. The building will have heat pump heating/cooling, a ventilation system with recuperator, a photovoltaic system with batteries and a complete water management system with its own water source. In designing, we focus on the highest comfort, simple and effective technical solutions with high quality and durability, uncompromising aesthetics and functionality.
The Passive House in Ivaniane project brings modern architecture and sustainable construction to new standards of quality, comfort and environmental responsibility. This house combines high aesthetics with exceptional functionality, focusing on achieving the highest energy efficiency.
The architectural team has created modern, elegant forms that harmoniously fit into the surrounding natural environment, while at the same time skillfully applying modern construction technologies to implement construction to the passive house standard. The project is made precisely with the use of the PHPP methodology, which guarantees exceptional stability and consistency of energy indicators. The quality and comfort of living are the main priority. The interior spaces are carefully laid out, and the orientation of the glazed parts of the facades is to achieve the highest solar gain in winter. The realization of the architectural forms is with a choice of materials inspired by nature.
The entire implementation of the project is carried out by Studio АРХЕ Ltd – from the conceptual design, through the selection of materials and implementation, to the final QA inspection and daily control. Attention to detail and strict quality control are a guarantee of durability, stability and compliance with modern comfort and energy efficiency standards.
The project is implemented through a transparent and honest process for the selection of contractors and suppliers, guaranteeing the best price-quality ratio and optimization of the implementation budget.
The house is under construction from the spring of 2025.
