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Posted by: antihellenistic
« on: January 07, 2024, 08:57:38 pm »

Defeat Western Architecture with "Mojopahitwave"






Compare it with Reichkanzlei, they have similarity

Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: January 01, 2024, 07:34:32 pm »

Building the apartments close enough to shade one another may actually be prudent as a way to reduce heating from sunlight. If they were built further apart such that none of them were shaded, they would heat up even more.

(Also, the tweeter is a Eurocentrist:

https://twitter.com/Desi_Landshark/status/1729334786991481300

https://twitter.com/Desi_Landshark/status/1738456403394584873

and with heavy Turanian blood:

https://twitter.com/Desi_Landshark/status/1719464555783360931

and the bad attitudes to go with it:

https://twitter.com/Desi_Landshark/status/1736490249734230232 )



Posted by: rp
« on: January 01, 2024, 07:23:06 pm »

All of them are bad. The intent was to showcase bad examples.
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: January 01, 2024, 07:17:07 pm »

Which is supposed to be good and which is supposed to be bad?
Posted by: rp
« on: January 01, 2024, 07:05:11 pm »

https://twitter.com/Desi_Landshark/status/1733560527308132565
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Indian Landshark
@Desi_Landshark
In pajeet land, apartment high rise are built so close to each other that residents never get direct sunlight in their balcony but the builders ask Rs 2cr for a 1400 sqft 3bhk flat in the name of gated society.

“It’s gated society Saar, no outsider pajeet is allowed Saar”



Posted by: ThePurge
« on: October 01, 2023, 02:16:47 pm »

This realization seems to be catching on:

How to cool our homes (even without ACs)
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As the planet gets hotter, more people use air conditioners to keep cool. Running these takes lots of energy, which means emissions that then further speed up global warming. Rethinking our architecture and using more efficient cooling technologies could help us break this vicious circle.

#PlanetA #AirConditioner #GlobalWarming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKbEOMCsqaI

See also: https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-right/western-civilization-is-a-health-hazard/?message=18666
                https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-right/western-civilization-is-a-health-hazard/?message=18709
                https://trueleft.createaforum.com/true-left-vs-right/western-civilization-is-a-health-hazard/?message=19756
                https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/decolonized-housing-(america-edition)/?message=13606
                https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/decolonized-housing-(america-edition)/?message=14085
                https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/decolonized-housing-(america-edition)/?message=14831
               
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: September 20, 2023, 12:05:25 pm »

Some success:

https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-09-13/california-legislators-target-nonfunctional-grass

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Outdoor watering accounts for roughly half of total water use in Southern California’s cities and suburbs, and a large portion of that water is sprayed from sprinklers to keep grass green.

Under a bill passed by state legislators this week, California will soon outlaw using drinking water for some of those vast expanses of grass — the purely decorative patches of green that are mowed but never walked on or used for recreation.

Grass covers an estimated 218,000 acres in the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s six-county area. Nearly a quarter of that, or up to 51,000 acres, is categorized as “nonfunctional” turf — the sort of grass that fills spaces along roads and sidewalks, in front of businesses, and around parking lots.

This unused grass covers an area roughly 12 times the size of Griffith Park. By eliminating this grass and replacing it with landscaping that fits Southern California’s arid climate, the district estimates the region could reduce total water use by nearly 10%.
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Ortega said the legislation is overdue.

“Wasteful outdoor irrigation is a major challenge to our ability to adapt to climate change,” Ortega said.
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In cities across the West, areas with unused grass have become a major target for urban water managers as they look for ways to quickly and permanently reduce water use. Some officials have been talking about nonfunctional turf so much that they abbreviate it with the acronym “NFT.”

The efforts to move away from grass also reflect a shift in aesthetics and values, linked to growing scarcity and simple economics. Where once it might have seemed acceptable to line suburban streets with lush landscapes reminiscent of English estates, there is now widespread agreement that it doesn’t make sense for cities to pump water long distances and treat it to drinking water standards — only to spray it on grass that serves no real purpose.

Last year, the leaders of 30 water agencies that supply cities from Denver to San Diego signed an agreement setting a goal of removing 30% of the existing nonfunctional grass — and replacing it with “drought- and climate-resilient landscaping,” while also maintaining trees.

Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: September 11, 2023, 05:16:05 pm »

https://www.yahoo.com/news/mind-blowing-side-side-photos-173000249.html

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Mind-blowing side-by-side photos reveal the hidden cost of mowing your lawn
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The photo of the unmowed area showed the thermometer reading 25.5 degrees Celsius, or just under 78 degrees Fahrenheit. But the temperature of the mown part of the lawn was a whopping 34.3 Celsius (around 94 degrees Fahrenheit) — almost 10 degrees hotter in Celsius and almost 20 degrees higher in Fahrenheit.

See also:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/decolonized-housing-(america-edition)/msg14278/#msg14278
Posted by: antihellenistic
« on: September 01, 2023, 02:43:25 am »

Housing De-westernization

Posted by: rp
« on: August 26, 2023, 10:14:20 am »

https://twitter.com/AgentSaffron/status/1695445106097099164
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Saudi is already building a traditional walkable version of ancient Diriyah city.

We can also remake many traditional Indian cities as walkable and vehicle free.



https://twitter.com/reddy2002_varun/status/1695443408897126542
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Saudi Arabia actually wants to build a futuristic city whose main idea is "No Cars".
Even desert dwelling Petrol salesmen have common sense unlike Hindu Twitter.

Every Indian city video has one thing in common.
NonStop car Horns with Dust,Smoke.
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: July 22, 2023, 06:18:45 pm »

https://us.yahoo.com/news/irans-ancient-wind-catchers-beat-025039740.html

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Iran's ancient 'wind catchers' beat the heat naturally

Tall, chimney-like towers rise from centuries-old adobe houses in Iran's desert city of Yazd, drawing in a pleasant breeze for residents of one of the hottest cities on earth.

The wind catchers, called badgirs in Persian, are just one of the engineering marvels inhabitants have developed in this ancient city in central Iran -- where temperatures reach well over 40 degrees celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in the summer.

And, unlike energy-guzzling air-conditioners, they're cost and carbon-free.

"For centuries, before we had electricity, they made it possible to cool dwellings," said Abdolmajid Shakeri, the provincial deputy of Iran's cultural heritage and tourism ministry.


The oldest of the city's 700 wind catchers dates back to the 14th century, but the architectural feature is believed to date back as far as 2,500 years when the Persian Empire ruled over much of the Middle East.
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"Thanks to them, people lived at ease," he added, describing how the wind catchers pull fresh air into buildings and allow hot air to ventilate out through large vertical slots.

Majid Oloumi, the head of Dowlatabad garden, home to a towering 33-metre (100 foot) wind catcher -- one of the tallest in the world -- described the cooling method as "totally clean because it uses neither electricity nor polluting materials".
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Similarly, ventilation inspired by "termite mounds, an approach similar to that of badgirs" were built atop Eastgate Centre, a shopping mall and office complex in Harare, Zimbabwe.

See also:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/decolonized-housing-(america-edition)/msg14085/?topicseen#msg14085

Continuing:

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"Unfortunately, our ancestral heritage has been forgotten," especially since the emergence of air conditioners, said Oloumi.
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"Today, house architecture imitates that in other countries, and cement-based construction does not correspond to the climate of Yazd," he added.

Be specific! Which other countries? What do they have in common? (Hint: they all belong to the same one civilization.)

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Kamaraji says bioclimatic architecture has waned due to economic constraints and modern construction methods that "largely favour the use of energy and fossil fuel intensive materials".

Which one civilization do all these materials come from?

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Another sustainable architectural feature of Yazd is its system of underground aqueducts called qanats, which transport water from underground wells, aquifers or the mountains.

"These underground aqueducts have great utility," said Zohreh Montazer, an expert on the water system. "They constitute a source of water supply and make it possible to cool the dwellings and to preserve food at an ideal temperature."

Iran is estimated to have around 33,000 operational qanats today, a significant drop from the 50,000 in use in the mid-20th century.

See also:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/mythical-world/aryan-hydraulic-empire/

Continuing:

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"The day when fossil fuels run out," said Montazer, "we will have to return to these methods."

But first we will have to make sure that one particular gene pool also runs out.

Woke comments:

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I am an Iranian. The  building in front of the photo seems to be the subject, the mosques are farther at the rear. Badgir is actually a 'Solar Chimney' used by ancient Iranians that produces an airflow upon a small 'pool of water' causing the water to evaporate and as a result make you feel 'cooler'.

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My great grandfather's house in India was built in the 1940s. the ceilings are 12 feet high. In addition to the windows at the normal height, about 4 feet, there are windows at the 10 feet level that can be opened and closed from the floor via a mechanism involving ropes. People have always known that hot air rises.

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The Native Americans have cave dwellings that keep you cool in summer and warm in winter.  The ancient people all over the world came up with natural ways to solve problems like that.

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So often the wisdom of the ancients are forgotten and ignored. So often so many of us are taught to believe that only new things count. Not too late to take a step back and examine the value of what was and we may just end applications much needed today.

See also:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/decolonized-housing-(america-edition)/msg20011/#msg20011
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: July 20, 2023, 10:55:46 pm »

https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinese-ghost-town-mansions-reclaimed-044710409.html

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Chinese ghost town of mansions reclaimed by farmers
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the State Guest Mansions project -- lavishly planned as 260 European-style villas complete with swanky facilities for visitors of the provincial government -- was abandoned.

Local farmers now plough land that was envisaged as manicured gardens for the wealthy and politically connected

 :)

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"This place is great for exploring, so I like to hang around here... and film a few clips," said a black-clad drone flier as he rested on the marble floor beneath a vast, tarnished chandelier.

Around him, gloomy alcoves stored haphazard stacks of dust-caked furniture in styles that evoked France's Palace of Versailles.

Have people learned to stop being Eurocentrists? Or will they resume as soon as economic conditions improve? We will have to wait and see.....
Posted by: FRG_03
« on: May 31, 2023, 03:01:43 am »

Continuing from:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/dress-decolonization/msg10208/#msg10208

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Tumble driers (another Western invention, of course) are even more absurdly wasteful; I never saw any reason to use them. What is wrong with simply letting laundry dry by itself?

Yet I know of some Western residential compounds where it is actually forbidden to dry laundry outdoors, supposedly for the sake of maintaining the view!

another benefit to hanging laundry outdoors to dry, which I forgot to mention last time, is that it considerably cools the air in the vicinity from evaporation of the water absorbing ambient heat! This effect is especially beneficial during summer.

But of course Westerners would rather dry using a tumble drier and cool using an air conditioner, both of which actually generate additional heat. This is how inferior Western civilization is.

See also:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/decolonized-housing-(america-edition)/msg14085/?topicseen#msg14085

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/decolonized-housing-(america-edition)/msg14831/?topicseen#msg14831

Lint gets backed up in the vents and many people don't clean them out spreading the smell of strong lint and mold all around their house. I know some houses that permanently smell like this spreading out to the sidewalk and other properties. Can't they at least take care of their own filth?
Posted by: 90sRetroFan
« on: May 30, 2023, 07:17:29 pm »

Continuing from:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/dress-decolonization/msg10208/#msg10208

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Tumble driers (another Western invention, of course) are even more absurdly wasteful; I never saw any reason to use them. What is wrong with simply letting laundry dry by itself?

Yet I know of some Western residential compounds where it is actually forbidden to dry laundry outdoors, supposedly for the sake of maintaining the view!

another benefit to hanging laundry outdoors to dry, which I forgot to mention last time, is that it considerably cools the air in the vicinity from evaporation of the water absorbing ambient heat! This effect is especially beneficial during summer.

But of course Westerners would rather dry using a tumble drier and cool using an air conditioner, both of which actually generate additional heat. This is how inferior Western civilization is.

See also:

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/decolonized-housing-(america-edition)/msg14085/?topicseen#msg14085

https://trueleft.createaforum.com/issues/decolonized-housing-(america-edition)/msg14831/?topicseen#msg14831
Posted by: 2ThaSun
« on: April 05, 2023, 03:05:00 pm »

This person built this house almost entirely by themselves. Imagine what could be done with just five people? I suspect this house has the potential to last thousands of years:

HYPERADOBE Tiny Home Build #2 FINISHING the Walls & Top Plate
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Finishing the hyperadobe walls, leveling the walls and attaching the top plate. We are not professionals, please do your own research and always work safely!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUmnIfSt04w