Since La Maison Tropicale was built in a tropical climate it features an ingenious natural ventilation system. It uses the heat on the roof of the house to draw in fresh air through openings in the walls and up into the ceiling. There are also adjustable sunshades around the veranda, double-skinned insulated walls and sliding doors with lovely little circular portholes of blue glass.
Veranda
- wrap around
- sunscreen with manually adjustable aluminum slots
Facade
-two alternating types of aluminum panels
-some fixed some solid
-others sliding and fitted with portholes and circular ventilation and rotary blades
Roof
-aluminum panels is separate from metal ceiling therefore a double roof airflow
-ridge beam assembly form a longitudinal roof lantern protected from the sum that also generates a flue action which removes hot air.
Bibliography
Eric Touchaleaume. Jean Prouvé # Les Maisons Tropicales. Paris. Port des Champs - Elysees, 2006
The Poetics of the Technical Object p208
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