Project
No Footprint House / NFH

Category 
Best Implemented Project of Private Residence

About the project
The No Footprint House (NFH) is located at the edge of the vast tropical rain forests along the southern Pacific coast of Costa Rica. The building responds to its surrounding habitat by passive climate control through natural ventilation and solar shading. The NFH is organized around a central service core, which includes all machinery and intelligence. The compression of utilities in one compact unit enables an open floor plan all around, which contributes to the building efficiency in terms of assembly, maintenance and use. The modular and prefabricated home is developed as a prototype for serial production, based on a systemic catalogue for sustainable residential typologies. A wide range of affordable, customizable and replicable solutions is catering for a broad customer segment. The NFH is designed to minimize the impact of construction and merge with its natural surroundings, seeking integral sustainability in terms of its environmental, economic, social and spatial performance.

Location
Ojochal, Costa Rica

Project implementation year
2019

More project images
https://int.design/en/projects/no-footprint-house-nfh


Project 3D-tour
https://vimeo.com/327581231


Project video
https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/327582492


Additional information
https://vimeo.com/nfh
https://www.dezeen.com/2020/09/06/no-footprint-house-01-costa-rica-zero-carbon
https://www.dwell.com/article/no-footprint-house-01-prefab-costa-rica-b28a62f2
https://www.archdaily.com/923651/no-footprint-house-01
https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14248-no-footprint-house-by-01
https://designcitylab.com/post/architecture/no-footprint-house-by-a-prototype-for-integrally-sustainable-development
http://www.zueccaprojects.org/project/sustainable-revolution

Applicant and authors of the project
A-01 (A Company / A Foundation).
Interdisciplinary network organization. In a holistic approach that shapes our products.
Lead Architect: 01 / Oliver Schütte
Design Team: 01 / José Pablo González, Mauricio Rodríguez, Misael Rodríguez, Ronald Carvajal, Luuc van Wezel

Other participants
Typology Research: 01 / Marije van Lidth de Jeude
Structural Design: Ingeniería Cañas / Rafael Cañas
MEP Engineering and Life Cycle Assessment: Consost / Pablo Mora
Construction: SLO Studiolocal / Hernán Mora
Photography: Fernando Alda Fotografía / Fernando Alda
Documentary: Manduca Audiovisual / Soren Pessoa, Valeria Romero