Casa nao casa

Facade detail.

Nowadays, the use of photovoltaic panels in buildings not only is possible but it also allows for an attractive recovery of the investment made. The law 33A/2005 finally makes it possible to have a connection to the public electricity supply system. The law dictates that one can sell the energy produced at a higher price than the market value. After some years, the house pays itself. The Casa nao Casa is no longer a merely speculative investment; instead it becomes a source of revenue with surplus value for the environment.

Payback Diagram.

The Casa nao Casa hides itself behind mirrors. Beak-shaped mirrors that don't always reflect what one sees. It lengthens, mimics, disguises, copies, hides but deforms.
Despite the impossibility of retaining an image in a mirror, we turn to mirrors to see ourselves. To see what we look like. The image we then have of ourselves is not retained, it probably isn't real, but it is a reflection and it is the image that helps building our identity.

More photographs

Plan level 0.

Plan level 1.

Concept Diagram.

Credits

• Text and Photographs by Pedro Campos Costa
• Renovable enegies - Fotofoltaics: Maria Joao Rodrigues
• Model: Marco Galofaro - MODELAB
• 3d: Hugo Fernandes, Marco Madruga

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