Luukku

Luukku is a 42 m² house with an airtight laminated veneer lumber panel frame and an envelope made of trusses with thermal breaks. The insulation is made of wood fiber boards and cellulose. Interior panels are of glued pine boards and the exterior cladding in planed and brushed spruce.

Luukku is a zero-energy house where all the energy required is produced using solar-panels that cover the roof. All the materials are wood based and environmentally-friendly. The aim is to achieve a building with a minimal carbon footprint.

Project data

Project completed in June 2010 (built for the 2010 Solar Decathlon in Madrid, now located in Mäntyharju, Finland)

Architectural Design: Mark Auvray, Jaakko Parkkonen, Ulla Prami, HaYoung Choi, Lisl Coady, Ting-Ting Dong, Luka Jonjiċ, Jung Yoon Kang, Véronique Leloup, John O’Loughlin, Rafael Passarelli, Tuukka Päivärinne, Kento Yamada, Yony Santos, Tomohiro Shiotani, Atsushi Takano , André van Tulder , Shan Shan Wang , Li Wei and Tom Randall-Page

Structural Engineering: Markus Derry , Heikki Kivinen, Risto Kärkkäinen and Tero Sundström

Interior Design: Kana Nakanishi , Satoshi Ohtaki , Minna Piironen, Noriyuki Sawaya , Hanna-Liisa Pykälä and Kaisa Takala

Wood Materials Engineering: Maija Heiskanen , Hilppa Junnikkala , Jenni Kemppainen , Yury Kostin , Jussi Lehtosalo , Vesa Mertinkauppi , Harri Puolanne , Daishi Sakaguchi Aino-Maria Vilkki Pekka Sihvola Josef Weissensteiner Jonna Silvo, Daishi Sakaguchi , Aino-Maria Vilkki , Pekka Sihvola , Josef Weissensteiner and Jonna Silvo

Instructors: Pekka Heikkinen, Matti Kairi, Kimmo Lylykangas, Karola Sahi , Mikko Paakkanen, Jari Puttonen, Pekka Tukiainen, Yrsa Cronhjort, Philip Tidwell and Erno Huttunen

Project Management: Mikko Merz and Ransu Helenius

Photos: Monserrat Zamorano Gañán

Used materials