Comments on: A Green Home Away From Home

By: shaikh imrose

shaikh imrose — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:38:46 +0000

good elevation

By: pocket

pocket — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:12:13 +0000

A house in the future~

By: A Green Home Away From Home -- Archiblog

A Green Home Away From Home -- Archiblog — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:49:33 +0000

[...] is also diverted to a digestive mechanism located beneath the home, which is then converted into compost that needs to be removed from the home only twice a [...]

By: Jack Eckou

Jack Eckou — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:04:35 +0000

anybody knows for sure which programs were used for this model? first ArchiCAD and than export in C4D for rendering & animations?

greets

By: Peder

Peder — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:58:03 +0000

I think the building looks like some crates on top of eachother. Great consept, but awful construction in my opinion.

It’s too chaotic

By: atomicforce

atomicforce — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:22:58 +0000

Looks like trolley lab

By: Hellfire3300

Hellfire3300 — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:09:59 +0000

Looks like another good idea that either: A). Won’t work, or B). Will never get off the ground.

By: Avin

Avin — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:13:13 +0000

It shouldn’t be so high and blocky it should be, smoother, rounded edges or even a sphere, that would have less impact on the ecosystem and the surrounding environment.

I like the solar power but it doesn’t look very efficient… tilting it would give it a greater surface perhaps and make it look more like a traditional pointed roof…

the compose need not be collected perhaps… it can be recycled to be used as bio fuel, to power the generator, heater and electronics or electric car so zero emmision from the normal petrol car … or just about anything that requires more energy tan what the solar panels can provide…. or to be used as fertilizer in the garden.

The water system might not work because the water here will only be used for a couple of days in a year.. the water will become stale and bacterial and insects will breed… where does the the used water go to ?? is there a water filtration system in the house so the water can be recycled for use in the restroom or for other purpose ? perhaps a swimming pool or a small stream of water that runs.. by gravity around the place or so the collected water can go though a “natural” filtration process. the stream will be filled with bamboo charcoal or ceramic filtration thingy, those you see in aquariums it will help clean the air and the dirt be filtered through these purifier.

I know this is a holiday home, but perhaps there could have a bit more green around… low maintenance creepers along the exterior will not only help blend the building in, but also lower the temperature of the building so less energy is required to cool the place down.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:30:32 +0000

love this house. all based on enviromental protection.
but where dose the water in the cistern come from?

By: Ipod Express » Blog Archive » Zero House From the Future is Totally Green, Off-Grid [Green Living]

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:59:10 +0000

[...] The house holds its water in a 2700-gallon roof cistern, and the sheer weight of all that liquid pushes water through the plumbing. When you flush the toilets, it all ends up in a compost container in the basement, which digests all that stuff organically, relieving you of attaching your abode to any sewage pipes. Goodbye, civilization. Even so, this house is highly civilized unto itself, with LED lighting built into the walls and ceiling, using very little power and lasting 100,000 hours without changing a single bulb. It’s off-the-grid living, in gorgeous style. Cantilevers, anyone? [Architechnophilia, via Yanko Design] [...]