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- 3tcp, on 07/02/2009, -2/+15A) Steel is not a sustainable building material. Even if it is technically recycled, using it in this manner will deprive someone else who has no choice but to use steel for what they're doing.
B) Steel rusts and this building will not last very long. Preventing and repairing rust damage requires a lot of energy and chemicals. That does not make it environmentally friendly.
C) Tearing down, moving and rebuilding a steel building is an incredibly energy intensive proposition.
D) The steel exterior and large surface area will make it incredibly inefficient to regulate the temperature of this building.
I swear, all it takes for artsy, self-righteous 'greenies' to endorse and show off some design and claim that it is environmentally friendly is that it be designed by someone that is part of their community. How can these people put a concept house on their website without pointing out all the flawed thinking that was put into its design? - jMichaelEdwards, on 07/01/2009, -4/+13I think it's actually a very pleasing design. i've seen some very normal looking green homes, but I'd rather live here
- MargotCross, on 07/01/2009, -2/+9i wish sustainable homes didn't look so weird, but its an important step in the right direction.
- lydiasky, on 07/01/2009, -2/+9feels like it'll be really hot in there.
- TheMachine1, on 07/02/2009, -0/+7Why not one large flat roof angled for optimal solar energy collection?
- orangefly, on 07/02/2009, -0/+6one big lightning rod....???....
- pwarnock, on 07/01/2009, -6/+12fugly
- evodevo1, on 07/02/2009, -1/+6Stupid idea. Even if you somehow install insulation, metals would absorb so much heat from sunlight, your house will become a giant heatsink.
- FrozenPie, on 07/01/2009, -1/+5looks like pieces of a puzzle ball from a toy dispenser
- mantis108, on 07/01/2009, -1/+5I think that's a pretty cool design, but yes, it does look like it would be very hot. (Cat IN a hot tin roof?)
- charlietuna, on 07/02/2009, -1/+5This is a revised Quonset hut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quonset_hut - inactive, on 07/02/2009, -0/+4Its a giant bread bin!
- sanman, on 07/02/2009, -0/+3quonset hut
- DCGUY12, on 07/02/2009, -1/+4hey I made a model that's sustainable and I made pretty pictures of it but I'm not sure it works,...I mean...er...it saves trees and uses no oil and am now looking for Venture Capital, please send checks to me in the name of Johnny Moneybags McGee at P.O. Box 321, New York, New York.
- JoeHague, on 07/02/2009, -0/+3Great idea- absolutely no substance. Stainless would be really expensive and any other steel would corrode. How are you going to power an entire house off the grid with a few solar panels and a small wind turbine?
I have ideas for self sustaining dwellings too. If I spend an afternoon making a model an write 50 words will any of you out there with blogs give me some money? - rxbudian, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2which is good when you live in a cold environment, at night you don't have to spend too much energy to cool down. but I agree, I feel that it's a stupid idea.
- DarkShroud, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2There are other's that look like normal houses. They just have steel frames in the walls, floors, & ceilings. They're built in a factory and then shipped in sections to the location. Everything is done at the factory. Even the appliances are installed there. So there is little impact on the job site, only the foundation. There is also far less waste, almost none because it's all able to be recycled.
The sections are trucked to the job site to be assembled into a full house. They just need to be placed in correct locations on the foundation and then welded together. - frostcrow, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2Little models with lego people standing in them ? Not real whatever it is.
- spriggig, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2Dugg because architects don't build real models like this anymore.
This is a real model on astroturf, right? - inactive, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2lightning rods make your house safer by diverting the lightning to ground so thats not a problem anyways.
- PhoenixFlames, on 07/01/2009, -3/+5It maybe FUGLY but it's effective!
- Betrayer, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2the overall cost to build would be 2-3 times more then conventional building... even with your walls filled with crumpled paper instead of modern isulation.
how about you add a couple 55 gallon rain buckets to your downspout, and add some solar panels to your roof instead of re-inventing the wheel. (is your home to hot in the summer? plant a tree...) - MacBandit, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2Well to each their own. I personally love the modern industrial look.
- rugrat54, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2I've seen, on tv, people in china build a house out of small metal containers and since there was no room to insulate it they painted the outside with nasa space shuttle paint and it blocks the heat.
- japface, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2ontop of all the problems people have listed... imagine when it rains or hails. wouldnt that be noisy as *****?
- purpmint008, on 07/02/2009, -3/+5Why so many people worried about how this thing LOOKS?
Put substance over style people.
I would rather live in a house made like this than a weak termite, fire, insect etc. vulnerable house made of wood.
Sure this house needs a small touchup on the exterior and maybe something to prevent it from being to hot, etc. etc. but I would love a durable steel house! - MacBandit, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2I doubt it. It's double walled and insulated. it also probably has interior vents near the tops of the arches.
- MacBandit, on 07/02/2009, -0/+2Better IT the lightning rod than YOU.
- DCGUY12, on 07/02/2009, -1/+2Yes, pre-fabricated homes, people have been doing that since the 70's. This is not that.
- 3tcp, on 07/02/2009, -2/+3Please explain to me how this would be a step in the right direction. Take the wind turbine and solar panels off and put them on a brand new modern home and it will be better for the environment than this thing. Compare this to homes built using adobe and it is a joke.
This building is a scam, there is nothing green about. It's only purpose is to build site traffic on the backs of gullible well-intentioned morons. - DCGUY12, on 07/02/2009, -0/+1They don't have to be, the douche-nozzles that are "future minded" and oh so much "smarter" than the average architect want to stand out because they ARE different, well at least in their minds.
Sustainable homes don't need to look like Frank Loyd Wright Cow barns, they can look normal.
This model (it's a model because of the fake grass) has never been built, and one would think, that if anyone has been in a barn with corrugated roofing, the damn thing would get much hotter than those solar panels and any wind energy grid could cool off. - rxbudian, on 07/02/2009, -1/+2Steel isn't supposed to corrode, but corrosion happens when 2 different metals touch each other and water is introduced (ie from rain) and form electro chemical reaction. I wonder how they're preventing that from happening.
Paper insulation is still a hazard. - inactive, on 07/02/2009, -2/+3Cool that they don't have to waste resources and use petroleum products on tar paper and composite roofing shingles.
- DarkShroud, on 07/02/2009, -1/+2@DCGUY12, yes what I'm talking about is not this. But what I am talking about is similar to this and not traditional prefab homes that people have been doing far longer than the 70's. My mother's is from the 60's and we hate it. When ever something breakes I have to fix at least 3 other things just to make everything work. That's not even counting bring up to code.
- greenwald, on 07/02/2009, -0/+1Can't they coat the non-stainless steel with something to keep it from corroding? Many home in Iceland are made with nothing but sheet metal exteriors.
- JoeHague, on 07/02/2009, -0/+1I'd imagine so... although it would also raise the cost and make it less eco-friendly.
- greengirlz, on 07/09/2009, -0/+1Different style home for sure. So many optionss in green building. Its great!
- climbonice, on 08/02/2009, -0/+1A) Really? What about wood? Steel is 100% recyclable. How much of a traditional wood home is recyclable?
B) Sure steel rusts, however it can be treated to prevent rust just like wood needs to be painted, stained or varnished to prevent rot, etc. The mock up suggests the use of galvanized steel which would help prevent rust.
C) What about a traditional house? Not so easy to sort the collection of materials for recycling after demolition and the percentage of materials that are recyclable is probably significantly lower.
D) Not if it's a light color, again as the model suggests and it can be insulted just like a traditional wood home.
Your point about "self-righteous 'greenies'" is not valid just because you decide that steel is an unsuitable building material for residential homes. You clearly don't know much about alternative materials for home construction.
Final comment: how many commercial buildings have steel frames vs. wood? - jerryjamesstone, on 07/01/2009, -2/+2Yah, a wee bit warm.
- cactuar, on 07/02/2009, -0/+0wind turbine
- Falling2Rust, on 07/02/2009, -2/+2Have any other parades you'd like to ***** on today? Obviously it's not perfect but it's a step in the right direction.
- skinsonheelsup, on 07/06/2009, -0/+0One big Faraday cage.
- huggingthecoast, on 07/01/2009, -2/+2I agree! I also think this is a great design for a green friendly business.
- MacBandit, on 07/02/2009, -2/+1Thank you Captain Obvious.
- PeaceShot, on 07/02/2009, -3/+2They look like futuristic barns. Kinda sexy, really.
- 3tcp, on 07/02/2009, -3/+1A house without a basement is not strong even if it is made out of steel.
A house made out of steel is not durable. Steel does not fare well when exposed to the elements.
This home would be awful for the environment. - FakingFamous, on 07/01/2009, -8/+3real cool idea. bet they are gonan regret the design tho when the "green" trend passes in a year or 2
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