Hello, I'm starting a
project involving buying a piece of ground to build a "livable" barn.
Te idea is to live in it and maybe make a living, following the code, that's the reason of a "barn". It is agricultural
land, so only those are allow.
40 km south of Madrid, continental climate, hot summers and cold winters, flat land with irrigating
water from a close river, during summer.
Attached some pics of actual traditional barns still in use.
Mi idea is to build a big barn (just the 4 walls and the ceiling) and then start working inside, but out of sight.
Attached are two options of what I am thinking, the fisrt one is something like 3 simple barns together making just one space. The right in the pic (south) as "dirt" zone (garage,
workshop, animals, storage...). The center one as an interior "patio" (garden, fountain, with part of the ceiling translucent). The left one in the pic (north) as "clean" zone (living, kitchen, bedrooms, bath).
The last sketch is the same idea but with only one ceiling angle.
Actually I am still drawing sketches just to get most
solar in winter, least
solar in summer, low expenses, right use of space and resources and so on.
Ideas appreciated
Thank you very much and best regards
Manu
PD: I knwo this is not very "solar passive" but didn't find the right subforum