knowledge from practice

articles on climate-resilient construction, ai in design and the road to your own house, written by arch. di dominik sellitsch, chartered architect in the marchfeld.

• 10 august 2026 · energy · 11 min the storehouse: a data centre that becomes a place today a data centre is a windowless shed behind a fence: hectares of sealed ground, and everything the building could give back stays inside or goes into the air. the study “the storehouse” turns this around: a compact block at the edge of a village with a market hall, a bath, workshops, flats and a greenhouse, heated by the servers at its centre. how big the facility gets is decided by the village.
• 27 july 2026 · climate resilience · 5 min how does a house stay cool in summer? a house stays cool in summer when the heat never gets in to begin with: external shading, smart orientation, thermal mass, cross-ventilation at night and a green roof. most of this is decided on the drawing board, not by technology.