I’m intrigued by alternative building styles. I really love straw bale houses! Am fascinated by cob homes, domes, tree houses, cave dwellings, tiny homes and the myriad of ways they can be built. These “aircrete” domes are beautiful! Can easily picture being very happy in something like that!
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I have a strong interest in building styles that interweave the outdoors with the indoors. Integrate passive solar and natural light to live more in line with the environment the living space is built within.
If we do that, energy requirements plument and we are more in tune with the earth we live upon.
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What if every room with an outside wall had a small square window fit in between all the wall studs and just below the top plate?
The wall framing would be standard so no extra effort there, drop in the window and add one 2by to the framing underneath each window.
If the windows crank open at the bottom no rain let in and will vent out hot air up at the ceiling in the summer months.
One idea to increase light and air.
@millard_jmm I like the sound of that. I worked in a shop on the coast that had those all around. They weren’t for light but ventilation and worked wonderfully. #AlternativeBuilding
Preach @millard_jmm!
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