Just came across this item, kinda fits in with recent discussions about small/underground/green buildings.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060116/treehouse_tec.html?dcitc=w01-101-ae-0000
“Citius, Altius, Fortius“
Just came across this item, kinda fits in with recent discussions about small/underground/green buildings.
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/briefs/20060116/treehouse_tec.html?dcitc=w01-101-ae-0000
“Citius, Altius, Fortius“
Michael Hindle explores the efficacy of deep energy retrofits and discusses essential considerations for effective climate mitigation.
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I googled Matscape and got this:
http://www.archinode.com/c2cMAIN1.jpg
Interesting.
Anyone here familiar with this concept?
"Citius, Altius, Fortius"
Edited 1/22/2006 1:53 pm by Heck
I wanna see a Habitat crew build one of those in 6 hours.
Would be like the construction manager couldn't figure out why he couldn't have kid in 1 month if he invited eight buddies over to help with the project?
Seriously, over the last 20 years, tried numerous time to build a simple bower arch over a pathway with bigleaf maples, would twine, braid, etc small branches from numerous seedlings in the spring. - no luck, those thing grow where they want, not where you want them - probably some techniques, but more work than letting them grow straingt and then reshaping with mill.
Yeah, I was wondering how people would react to hearing "Your house should be done in 8-9 years, give or take a year"
What about tree rot? Termites? Hobbits?
Lightning?
"Citius, Altius, Fortius"
I have an abundance of beavers nearby; in three nights, they could pretty much wipe out that first house....of course I could donate the chips to an OSB plant.
Not so green, but I'm pretty sure I'd prefer the concrete version: http://www.midcoast.com/~bo/TiltUpGroveDome.htmlPAHS Designer/Builder- Bury it!
That house was an entry to the SECCA (Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art) Habitat for Humanity design competition. The museum is located in North Carolina.
It was a national competition about 3 years ago to develop some Habitat houses that, well, didn't look like Habitat houses. It was meant to generate some ideas, find ways of doing affordable housing that incorporated some 'green' features as well as stretching the concept of design. Each design was meant to be non-site specific, adaptable to any place in the country. Some of the winning designs are supposedly in the process of being built.
Had close to 500 entries, the one you found was a finalist in the top 20. Submitted one myself, made it in the top 100, but wasn't a finalist. I'm not sure if the website is still up, but you can google SECCA and try to find some of the other finalists. Some were more realistic. Others were more like this one, a little out there.