Meet the man who builds houses with water

Hungarian architect Matyas Gutai believes that water is the perfect material for keeping a house at a comfortable temperature.

匈牙利建筑师Matyas Gutai认为水是保持适宜室温的绝佳材料。

And while that doesn’t mean that he can do away with traditional materials like bricks, cement, and plaster, his system promotes a whole new idea of engineering.

同时，他认为像砖、水泥、石膏这些传统材料仍可以加以运用，他的这个系统为工程业提供了全新的观点。

Gutai built a prototype house in his hometown of Kecskemet, south of Budapest, with his high school friend Milan Berenyi, after years of research and development.

经过多年的研究，Gutai与高中好友Milan Berenyi一起在家乡布达佩斯南部的凯奇凯梅特建了一个模型房。

The house was built with a grant from the EU, and showcases the "liquid engineering" concepts Gutai has written about extensively.

欧盟还为此房子拨款资助，它证明了Gutai发表多次的“液体工程”概念。

How does it work?

工作原理

Panels, some of steel, and some of glass, make up the structure of the house and a sheet of water is trapped between the inner layers, which equalizes the temperature across the building.The house is actually able to reheat itself, when its hot excess heat is stored either in the foundations of the building or in external storage, to be brought back to the walls when the temperature drops.

面板，钢筋和玻璃组成房子的大概结构，水钳在材料内层以均衡室内温度。这个房子其实可以自动升温，当温度降低时，储存在地基或外层的多余热量就会重新返回墙上。

The indoor temperature can also be modified using a monitoring system similar to central heating.This is a very efficient and sustainable system: the house can produce its own energy and be more independent of energy suppliers, which could reduce carbon emissions.

一个与中央暖气系统相类似的监控系统也可以调节室内温度。这个系统非常有效且可持续：房子可以自己产生能量，能量供应也相当独立，并可以减少碳排放。

"Our panel can heat and cool the building itself -- the water inside the panel does the very same job as heating," says Gutai.

Gutai表示，“我们的面板可以为房子加热或降温——面板内的水具有加热的功效。

"It saves energy, when you compare it to a similar building with large glass surfaces -- it’s a very clean and sustainable solution."

“和相似的玻璃房比起来，它非常节能，干净又具有可持续性。

Future plans

未来规划

"Our goal should be to use less energy and materials, and take cities off-grid as much as possible. The water house is one way to do that," said Gutai, who currently works as a researcher at Feng Chia University in Tokyo.

“我们的目标是用更少能量和原料，让城市可以尽量少用电。水房就是解决办法之一，”Gutai这样说道，他目前是东京逢甲大学的研究员。

Constructing houses in this way is moderately more expensive than traditional designs, but this prototype aims to slash our energy needs and Gutai is working with factories and companies across Europe on projects using this technology.

用这种方法建房子比传统方法略贵，但是它可以减少能量需求，目前Gutai在欧洲与各大工厂和公司正在运用此技术研发项目。

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来源:BBC英语爱语吧作者:Sunmore