http://dirt.asla.org/2009/10/07/solar-decathalon-2009-innovations-integrated-site-design/ Connecting the Built & Natural Environments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://dirt.asla.org/2009/10/07/solar-decathalon-2009-innovations-integrated-site-design/#comment-1800 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:07:53 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=3050#comment-1800 Lumenhaus is truly inspirational. This image reminds me of some newer homes in Australia where most people have metal roofs and standard rainwater/cistern systems. I especilly like the scale of this model home and the planar simplicity, overall. The water feature here plays well into the overall objectives and could become much more than a modern flower-bed with additional crops, or fish and larger scale. Now that ‘warming’ has been officially dubed ‘Al’s hoax,’ I hope serious architecture students will continue to rethink the meaning of efficiency in all means.

]]> http://dirt.asla.org/2009/10/07/solar-decathalon-2009-innovations-integrated-site-design/#comment-773 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:50:48 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=3050#comment-773 nature + technology
These teams did a fantastic and very thoughtful job. Very nice article. Thanks. I can’t wait to go see the homes in person.

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