captainmollpaca: Hey solarpunks! From what I’ve seen in the tag, it looks like the housing goa
captainmollpaca:Hey solarpunks! From what I’ve seen in the tag, it looks like the housing goal for the solarpunk aesthetic is not the detached single-family home… however, I have to wonder why I haven’t seen anything in the tag about geodesic dome architecture. I did a project on Buckminster Fuller a while ago, which included a lot of research into geodesic domes - giant soccer balls. The structure is super duper stable like you wouldn’t believe. Put up some solar panels on the exterior triangles, add some air vents for summer time heat, some insulation for winter, and lots of windows for natural light. Even if not for living in, it would make a great greenhouse, as seen in the second image.Downsides: openness of the floor plan would make the interior very loud, too much space?, probably expensive honestly I have no idea, detached housing units, no obvious way to collect rainwater?Thoughts on geodesic domes and solarpunk?Image sources:(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)Haha I love these things. However, having had a geodesic dome greenhouse, and spending the night in a large geodesic home, they just aren’t practical. Fun though, very fun. Would make an awesome stand-alone sacred/ritual space. But for all the claims of space efficiency, you tend to lose space all along the outer walls, unless you have custom built stuff, and even then, it’s hard to use that space well. Privacy is another big issue. Acoustics are loud. If furniture and solar panels and insulation and building materials generally were based around triangles, it might be somewhat different. But most stuff is square or rectangular. Trying to wrap our geodesic greenhouse in greenhouse plastic was a GIANT mess. -- source link
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