Abstract

Casa FENIX proposes to focus mainly on local cultural aspects, quality of life and social relationships, within sustainable development, where the use of sustainable energy technologies and sustainable urban planning are applicable to enhance the intuitive know-how of a particular population. This paper presents how Casa FENIX (For Emergency post-Natural Impact eXtreme) concepts of a solar emergency home that participated in the Solar Decathlon Europe 2014 competition, have evolved through participatory design involving victims of a disaster to be part of the reconstruction of their own homes. It will portray the first Casa FENIX adapated and designed for and with a family that lost their incremental self-built home where they lived for 27 years