RT @mspringut@twitter.com: If you're not coming to my talk at Deep Tech New York at 1:45pm on Wednesday, you're NGMI. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/8cab47d4d4b19af14d1baf8de157060ca9374ed6f6302ebbe60e47be304bff81.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/89a2ea7bd40292b3f5e93b83fdd2b70d554edc395a33baaa641a89672ccf9817.file
Rosedene Cottage, Dodford, Worcestershire, England. Built in 1849 and the best preserved of all the hundreds of properties part of the Chartist Land Movement of 1845-1850. Brick, on 4 acres of land with a kitchen garden and an orchard replanted in 2006. It looks like 92m² and has an indoor well/pump, a privy, kitchen, piggery etc. The Chartist Land Movement meant to resettle landless industrial workers on productive farmland both to give them the right to vote in elections and to ease the pressure on over supply of workers in cities thus leading to higher wages for workers in general. The whole movement ultimately failed largely due to the its highly charismatic but incompetent and insane leader, Feargus O'Connor (1796-1855), but the idea was to sell shares in a co-operative that would purchase land, build cottages/homesteads, and allocate these by lottery, while remortgage would enable further land purches and so on. Many hundreds of these cottages were built though, on the five different estates purchased in Oxfordshire, Worcestershire, Hertfordshire, Gloucestershire, so it was hardly a complete failure, and many still stand but modernized. Rosedene Cottage is available for vacation rental but not currently open to visitors. Unless you want to volunteer? https://hell.twtr.plus/media/438c3a7fe475d1688a6c801605d13bd929ad681672bfbb745e01e34ed4dd6401.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b1ba67dc239ad45e6f5fdfdb7cd452b206a7449416eae062a1f0fda48d29e070.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/08bb76e49d1b94e80fda15925497bb84d999ccbad55751924f3cd8db19df9b84.file
The interesting take on this is that the City of London is preparing for its imminent occupation by a race of Lovecraftian aliens, but in reality it is just the usual virtue signaling by clueless bureaucrats kissing up to indoctrinated Modernist designers who really really dislike you and think you should suffer a great deal. Nothing new in other words. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/2c1916d96cfdb5404b0c405a1d36c2deb965f2fa0106116227886d286c9231d0.file
Traditional Capiz windows in the Philippines, polished mother-of-pearl is set in dark wooden frames to for windows and sliding doors, from an era when glass was too expensive or impossible to get. Sustainable architecture is almost always distinctly low-tech. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b72025a5f594626add6c1ec20f148c25d6f5831736dcb01bcf8c6c45aa681600.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/4fa4950834a9ab4a1b17d0869a83b4b8583022c54a8add2b1248d36e21f7d423.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/0fc40f92ec9856673f72244a52bb9953ac37d9462916cbee0cba351e6eb5991a.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/e80f19e92cbc104610c865da4c66d5b07431119c41667f7bbeb8fb63a2c56a12.file
In 1720 the shogunate ordered tiled roofs in Edo to reduce the fire risks, and so people had to get rid of their old shell roofs. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/b83256236ed6bb836c78d63ea868b745983e5eb26f22ee65b31c8219844f41cf.file
Using oyster shells instead of roof tiles was a common low cost method of fireproofing common homes in Edo (now Tokyo) until 1720. Oyster shells pressed into a lime and soil base layer has the same fire preventing capabilities as an expensive tiled roof. I have not found any images of it though and as far as I know not a single oyster shell roof survived. I think I know what I want to build next. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/5f8ecafe142717c694e2a027e7277284695e9eb65c97c52e05390cb5e8c0dce9.file
Interesting method of illustrating the weight of snow. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/fe987cccc6b9dca35cbc206b203cbdbd6570a92a51a4ea487e73aca8ac382ae7.file
AlUla old town, Saudi Arabia. Built in the 12th century and maintained since until the 20th century and now being renovated as a tourist destination. The old alleys and buildings have withstood neglect and time comparatively well. All buildings in rammed earth and adobe: how to live and thrive in a desert city. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/19109ffb7e558daefa347d41eb0fcb757bfd30b877c12d18e4415d3dc038cae4.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/1184ad8d4f734c0c9e443f368afefa3b39378a3314739800c1bd0fb5aa761b46.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/a66b1368a08504d8c995d3b662baecaf67b72596da940b030ec395cefb73f878.file
Aerial photo Paraty as flooded during high tide, and a charming tourist cart. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/be152969bc13ddb63e9cdfe922397a7f0f0d8b8611f4ba9a15e7021622984f33.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/22b89571b0d17306bd24aa0c570cf528689738fa6f09351a66402c42fd4a1493.file
One of the most peculiar towns in the world, Paraty, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Built slightly below sea level, at high tide the ocean will flood the town through special seawall openings and clean out the streets with up to a foot of water, every new moon and full moon. Now a UNESCO heritage site, the historic town does not allow cars or motor vehicles, and has been strictly protected to preserve how it looked in the late 18th or early 19th centuries. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/34a67f242aeec10fad4e07a55217dba9a029b286d9ccb8a0030cad8ff42d707a.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d0529c72e2a6de8b26e69d9b09e5b356196742909cca516527b6dac10798036a.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/7cdd26c898e5f2bd56f647b25b3af8be7e95ee814e0d205637102e794c83b3c2.file https://hell.twtr.plus/media/0d7393058913532ab0cc886e3c4e3379e447881c8826194df27658c689d59a13.file