22 | Architecture & Design
heightened together with the aim to be friendly,
sustainable and to include all and any modern
technology allowing the user to manipulate the
internal climate with maximum comfort.
The intervention proposed by MODEL was to create
an upside house and sought to move away from
the traditional programme of Sliema townhouses
by adding a third level to the property. This new
level accommodated the living areas where-as the
lower levels accommodated the sleeping areas. This
deliberate shift of layering became clear during the
design process once the light levels throughout the
property were linked to the way this house would be
used.
An environmentally sustainable approach was taken
during the project, where solar energy, daylight,
water collection and re-use, and acoustics were all
treated with the utmost sensitivity to maximise on
