The Living Machine Green Homes - House H

Green homes by The Living Machine Architects. Modern, sustainable houses designed to fit in an environmentally sensitive world. Pre-designed or custom, these structures are virtual representations of your dream and our vision.

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[VMKinnovations]

Ridiculous "cookie cutter" post modernist-designed imposition on us. Have you not had enough time to learn what we wrote about in 1981 through Passive/Hybrid architecture that respects its location, weather, site? Can I impose your "vision" design in New York (where your firm is) as well as in Arizona or Florida? What does your bioclimatic chart look like?

This kind of crap is what Arthur Bowen (founder of P.L.E.A.) fought so hard against but I see it was all in vain.

Absolutely insulting!!

[PJNNJP]

cont'd .... for example .. the solid wall/roof components would be facing solar south utilizing PV and solar thermal. the glass would face east/west and promote cross ventilation. - If the glass was facing north/south. Metal canopy shaders (which is modeled on front-just hard to see) would reduce solar heat gain in summer and let the sun penetrate in winter. Concrete thermal mass floor would help in maintaining a higher ambient temperature in winter. All in conjunction with geo-thermal

[troncx]

only green thing is the surroundings.

way to pretentious to be named green.

by the way, modern ideas such as living machines are quite outdated, even worse if it is actually just a aesthetic issue

also nice way to waste energy heating that stuff, no way to use such windows in an optimized way concerning solar radiation

[PJNNJP]

@troncx  not true - do your homework - look at earlier posts.

[VertigonA380]

From this animation it's obvious you don't know how to do a topographical study, a solar study or any other type of study. It looks like something a child who's learning a 3D program would come up with to look "cool". Oh and rethink your "loft". Theres nothing there to stop people falling down to the bottom floor. Stop putting thoughtless designs like this on youtube, you give the green movement a bad name.

[PJNNJP]

@VertigonA380 oh- and the loft issue. Don't be stupid. - Obviously there would be a rail. If I had the time I would model every little thing - topo, shaders, solar analysis, PV, mechanical equip., and yes even interior railing. - So I don't have to bother with people like you. Your another one that likes the sound of their voice..

[aneshization]

i really need to know what is green about this house...well i like the design of this house..

[Beef1188]

I do not understand the human compulsion to build their homes higher and higher from the ground. Semi-underground homes provide natural thermal insolation making houses both colder in summer and warmer in winter. It is estimated that such housing could save energy in all season for up to an aditional 40%. Add a semi-dome design and you can split your construction cost in half!

Its time to stop building these 2000 year old sqare-edged boxes and start planning for the future!

[astrialkil]

@PJNNJP Air conditioning has nothing to do with oil companies. If your getting your electricity from anything other then fusion then your a ape.

[VertigonA380]

Well hopefully in light of the intelligent critisisms (too numerous to list) you have realised that you are not much more than a fool. Please remove the "green" discription from the title if you really care about good young minds embracing ESD, because to the newcomer, you are making all of us look like fools.

[ShalomYal]

unless this design accompanies a description it just looks like a cool mega bucks design - why is this green?????????

[PJNNJP]

@VMKinnovations and yes Bowen was a progessive individual along with his organization. No, I did not know of him until now. But it seems most of these concepts have been inherent in architecture for hundreds / thousands of years and he was just raising awareness (which is great). We did get away from passive solar and cooling techniques once the emergence of air conditioning (and potential global domination of the moden oil companies) came on the scene in mid 20th century. In this design

[PJNNJP]

@VMKinnovations - I'll say the same thing to you as I did Vertigon. It's a design study on a virtual site!! So, there is no respect to weather, location, or site. It's an example of a potential design. And there is nothing "cookie cutter" about this building - you obviously never studied actual architecture. And if you have, I dare you to post your design online for critique. It seems you like to just hear yourself talk (or type in this case)..... think about it.