Comments on: GRID HOUSE: Maximizing Green Space in Urban Infill http://inhabitat.com/the-grid-house-unlocked/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Tue, 21 May 2013 14:17:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: kyle http://inhabitat.com/the-grid-house-unlocked/comment-page-1/#comment-122575 kyle Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:47:37 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/27/the-grid-house-unlocked/#comment-122575 with a double height space in front, the garden is either on the second floor or the ground floor depending on the location of the garage/auto. You can obviously chose to drop and hide your auto when not needed as your own lifestyle suggests. The cool thing about this concept is that if you can wedge these homes into urban cores, then in theory you would not need your car much to start with...so store it away and bring up as needed. That to me is the "green" feature this aside from daylight and a garden here and there. With a hydro lift you can use vegetable oil as the medium. Still it consumes electrictiry. as a cavilier option, maybe you could replace the hydro/electric lift with something mechanically driven using a series of gears and your own cranking power to lift and drop.. That could be pretty cool element to show off inside the home. with a double height space in front, the garden is either on the second floor or the ground floor depending on the location of the garage/auto. You can obviously chose to drop and hide your auto when not needed as your own lifestyle suggests. The cool thing about this concept is that if you can wedge these homes into urban cores, then in theory you would not need your car much to start with…so store it away and bring up as needed. That to me is the “green” feature this aside from daylight and a garden here and there. With a hydro lift you can use vegetable oil as the medium. Still it consumes electrictiry. as a cavilier option, maybe you could replace the hydro/electric lift with something mechanically driven using a series of gears and your own cranking power to lift and drop.. That could be pretty cool element to show off inside the home.

]]> By: MattPGH http://inhabitat.com/the-grid-house-unlocked/comment-page-1/#comment-87309 MattPGH Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:11:48 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/27/the-grid-house-unlocked/#comment-87309 The designers website does a slightly better job of explaining the concept. http://www.motodesignshop.com/ I dont think that you would have to use the elevator everyday, check out slide 12 of the project on Moto Designshops page, it shows an option for secure parking without using the elevator. As for a lawn on top of a mechanical element I dont think that is very difficult. Think of it as a green roof that simply moves up and down. Grass may not be the best option for such an application, but it might work depending on the depth / weight that the lift could accommodate. Interesting idea, certainly looks extraordinarily expensive! The designers website does a slightly better job of explaining the concept. http://www.motodesignshop.com/

I dont think that you would have to use the elevator everyday, check out slide 12 of the project on Moto Designshops page, it shows an option for secure parking without using the elevator. As for a lawn on top of a mechanical element I dont think that is very difficult. Think of it as a green roof that simply moves up and down. Grass may not be the best option for such an application, but it might work depending on the depth / weight that the lift could accommodate.

Interesting idea, certainly looks extraordinarily expensive!

]]> By: samNYC http://inhabitat.com/the-grid-house-unlocked/comment-page-1/#comment-87052 samNYC Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:07:48 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/27/the-grid-house-unlocked/#comment-87052 so guys, i really think in this project the word \"green\" is not the word we are all programmed to think as in \"sustainable.\" They are trying to give urban dwellers (hence the name \"green space in urban infill\") more garden (green) space ... ie more out door landscaped space. Given the content of this project, i think it will be a winner with whoever actually ends up living there.. as long as the garden/carlift works properly and can function on a daily basis. Also, i myself am wondering about the how the lawn will be maintained and cultivated as a living organism on top of a mechanical element. everything is possible these days .. so i am looking forward to seeing this get built. Good job! so guys, i really think in this project the word \”green\” is not the word we are all programmed to think as in \”sustainable.\” They are trying to give urban dwellers (hence the name \”green space in urban infill\”) more garden (green) space … ie more out door landscaped space. Given the content of this project, i think it will be a winner with whoever actually ends up living there.. as long as the garden/carlift works properly and can function on a daily basis. Also, i myself am wondering about the how the lawn will be maintained and cultivated as a living organism on top of a mechanical element. everything is possible these days .. so i am looking forward to seeing this get built.

Good job!

]]> By: Sean http://inhabitat.com/the-grid-house-unlocked/comment-page-1/#comment-87037 Sean Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:17:33 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/27/the-grid-house-unlocked/#comment-87037 A curb cut and a garage is urban sustainable? Nah. A curb cut and a garage is urban sustainable?

Nah.

]]> By: frances http://inhabitat.com/the-grid-house-unlocked/comment-page-1/#comment-87004 frances Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:52:28 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/27/the-grid-house-unlocked/#comment-87004 "open green spaces"? enough already! The elevator ain't green, how do you maintain a lawn atop an elevator, and what is new about using windows to let in light? “open green spaces”? enough already! The elevator ain’t green, how do you maintain a lawn atop an elevator, and what is new about using windows to let in light?

]]> By: Jac http://inhabitat.com/the-grid-house-unlocked/comment-page-1/#comment-86953 Jac Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:50:19 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/27/the-grid-house-unlocked/#comment-86953 in Singapore, there 's a row of houses where there is a steep slope into the basement garage. So the ground floor is slightly elevated, you have to climb half a flight of steps to get to the front door. I still think this idea is neat though. in Singapore, there ‘s a row of houses where there is a steep slope into the basement garage. So the ground floor is slightly elevated, you have to climb half a flight of steps to get to the front door. I still think this idea is neat though.

]]> By: walbergr http://inhabitat.com/the-grid-house-unlocked/comment-page-1/#comment-86866 walbergr Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:17:21 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/27/the-grid-house-unlocked/#comment-86866 I like this idea, but if you use your car a lot, is it energy efficient to use an elevator to get it every time you want it? I like this idea, but if you use your car a lot, is it energy efficient to use an elevator to get it every time you want it?

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