Joined: Dec 28, 2005 Posts: 298 Location: Toronto, Ontario
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:07 pm Post subject: Green mansions
I found this delightful article on green mansions today on Yahoo! Canada.
Just shows how totally deluded we are, and that no real change whatsoever is going to be made. People will adamantly refuse to sacrifice their standard of living, or move to a smaller home. The energy savings that could be made by downsizing their home to a more reasonable size would surely reduce energy consumption more than one of these 'green mansions' would.
Golden rule of trying to get the consumabots to do anything these days... ensure it involves no personal sacrifice whatsoever.
Joined: Aug 26, 2005 Posts: 1008 Location: "Mad as Hell !"
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject: Re: Green mansions
Had we only been inspired many years ago to follow the lead of Paolo Soleri's vision of arcology and Arcosanti.
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An arcology is a hyperdense city designed to maximize human interaction; maximize access to shared, cost-effective infrastructural services like water and sewage; minimize the use of energy, raw materials and land; reduce waste and environmental pollution; and allow interaction with the surrounding natural environment. Arcosanti is the prototype of the desert arcology.
_________________ The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
... Theodore Roosevelt
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:31 pm Post subject: Re: Green mansions
Yes Lore, Soleri was a visionary.
I still dream of taking an elevator down from my 20th floor penthouse apartment, exiting the building, and stepping out into a verdant paradise. Maybe a pasture of cows or a river bank to watch the passing barges.
That would be ecologic perfection. The energy advantages of a well-insulated (and sound-proof) apartment in close proximitry to thousands of other but with the freedom, industry, ecstacy, and beauty of real country at my doorstep
none of this suburban bland bullshit we live in.
we will never live to see Soleri's dreams. He keeps it going by building smaltzy tourist windchimes. so sad. _________________ ree rah rip ram. sunofabitch godamn. hidey didey christ almighty. rah rah crap
Joined: Sep 17, 2006 Posts: 639 Location: No man's land
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 8:15 am Post subject: Re: Green mansions
I believe Soleri's primary building material is concrete, which is very high in embodied energy. Nevertheless, I have been fascinated by Arcosanti ever since I saw a former resident's slide show presentation about it.
Joined: Aug 26, 2005 Posts: 1008 Location: "Mad as Hell !"
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:03 am Post subject: Re: Green mansions
His work should really be put into a time capsule as an architectural road map for the post apocalyptic generations, if any. At least we could say that we screwed things up, but left you with this gift for starting over; please don’t repeat the same mistakes. _________________ The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
... Theodore Roosevelt
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