Comments on: Sun Powered LUMENHAUS has a Shifting Solar Facade http://inhabitat.com/sun-powered-lumenhaus-has-a-shifting-solar-facade/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Thu, 23 May 2013 21:03:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: San Francisco Voter http://inhabitat.com/sun-powered-lumenhaus-has-a-shifting-solar-facade/comment-page-1/#comment-236384 San Francisco Voter Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:16:33 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=66790#comment-236384 Glass is the most carbon intensive material which can be used in building. Producing glass suitable for large panels requires running equipment 24 hours per day, 362 days per year - think of it! All of these so-called modern houses which are based on early 19th century concepts of modern are absurdist jokes, especially this one which is also laced with steel and aluminum panels. The prototype, Edith Farnsworth\\\'s house in the midwest by Mies van der Rohe was the worst joke of all - a purist modernist conceit in a cow pasture. Edith ended up suing Mies for the cost of the house because it was so uncomfortable to live in, and so expensive to keep up that she moved out shortly after moving in. She then sued Mies, her architect as well as her former lover, for the cost of the house. Until this country has at least rudimentary scientific education, our architecture will continue to consist of such BeeS taught by our tenured architectural faculty, most of whom have little real world experience or even a fundamental grasp of valid scientific research. Glass is the most carbon intensive material which can be used in building. Producing glass suitable for large panels requires running equipment 24 hours per day, 362 days per year – think of it! All of these so-called modern houses which are based on early 19th century concepts of modern are absurdist jokes, especially this one which is also laced with steel and aluminum panels. The prototype, Edith Farnsworth\\\’s house in the midwest by Mies van der Rohe was the worst joke of all – a purist modernist conceit in a cow pasture. Edith ended up suing Mies for the cost of the house because it was so uncomfortable to live in, and so expensive to keep up that she moved out shortly after moving in. She then sued Mies, her architect as well as her former lover, for the cost of the house. Until this country has at least rudimentary scientific education, our architecture will continue to consist of such BeeS taught by our tenured architectural faculty, most of whom have little real world experience or even a fundamental grasp of valid scientific research.

]]> By: andrew murray http://inhabitat.com/sun-powered-lumenhaus-has-a-shifting-solar-facade/comment-page-1/#comment-214939 andrew murray Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:16:51 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=66790#comment-214939 What i find fascinating about this house design, is that as long as you in a mostly sunny location, you can effectively plant the house anywhere, without the need to be near local services, electric, natural gas or water supplies. You could build this house in the middle of a field, or on an open hill where no-one else as ever thought of living. What i find fascinating about this house design, is that as long as you in a mostly sunny location, you can effectively plant the house anywhere, without the need to be near local services, electric, natural gas or water supplies. You could build this house in the middle of a field, or on an open hill where no-one else as ever thought of living.

]]> By: Rukki Odds http://inhabitat.com/sun-powered-lumenhaus-has-a-shifting-solar-facade/comment-page-1/#comment-203710 Rukki Odds Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:24:15 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=66790#comment-203710 House of the future currently built. Maybe in some time every house will be self-sufficient: with water from its own brook and nutrient vegetables from its garden. House of the future currently built. Maybe in some time every house will be self-sufficient: with water from its own brook and nutrient vegetables from its garden.

]]> By: oneearthcom http://inhabitat.com/sun-powered-lumenhaus-has-a-shifting-solar-facade/comment-page-1/#comment-203260 oneearthcom Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:38:12 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=66790#comment-203260 Is anyone familiar with "Solar Ivy"? A few Pratt students designed a solar facade that incorporates solar and wind energy. It's crazy! I think the design was also featured at MoMa recently. Check it out: http://one-earth.com/city/us/ny/brooklyn/1463/smit-sustainably-minded-interactive-technology Also, for more information on Solar Cells click here: http://one-earth.com/city/us/ny/brooklyn/491/solar-energy Is anyone familiar with “Solar Ivy”? A few Pratt students designed a solar facade that incorporates solar and wind energy. It’s crazy! I think the design was also featured at MoMa recently. Check it out: http://one-earth.com/city/us/ny/brooklyn/1463/smit-sustainably-minded-interactive-technology

Also, for more information on Solar Cells click here: http://one-earth.com/city/us/ny/brooklyn/491/solar-energy

]]> By: davidwayneosedach http://inhabitat.com/sun-powered-lumenhaus-has-a-shifting-solar-facade/comment-page-1/#comment-199229 davidwayneosedach Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:20:17 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=66790#comment-199229 What a beautiful and futuristic design! The shifting facade is not only utilitarian - it is state-of-the-art! I could see myself living in one tomrrow! What a beautiful and futuristic design! The shifting facade is not only utilitarian – it is state-of-the-art! I could see myself living in one tomrrow!

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