FEATURE
KEBONY CLADDING
KEBONY CLADDING
FOR SWEDEN’S
FIRST ROUND
PASSIVE HOUSE
Villa Circuitus sets a new precedent for high quality
sustainable design
L
ondon: 29 March 2016] Developers
Simone Kreutzer and Tommy Wesslund
have recently completed work on an
eco-home in Sweden, clad in Kebony.
Villa Circuitus, meaning ‘a going around’ in
Latin, is a spacious, circular 175 sq. m passive
house containing four bedrooms and open plan
kitchen and dining area.
with special expertise in energy and ventilation,
knowledge they brought to the design of their
latest project. They were the creative minds
behind this project and cooperated with Nina
Sandahl from SAJT Arkitektstudio to design the
bespoke home, Sweden’s first circular passive
house.
The house has a 35 sq. m veranda on the second
storey, from which residents can view the
beautiful landscape. Surrounding this veranda is
a balustrade with integrated solar panels, which
make the home self-sufficient for most of the
year. The round shape is carefully designed to
The Villa Circuitus was built to meet passive
house requirements, with strict environmental
demands in terms of design and construction
materials. Both Simone Kreutzer and Tommy
Wesslund are certified passive house experts
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