[Greenbuilding] FLW 's "Solar " Home (was Re: Living Walls)

[Shawna Henderson]

Thanks RT

When I thought of this building, I was mainly focussed on the potential 
solar gain and microclimate.

In my spare time, some time (ha!) I'd like to take the plans for this 
house and model it in  2006 sustainable construction assemblies and see 
where it goes in terms of energy use. Just for laughs.

Like it's high on my to-do list...would be a good project for a student 
though. Energy engineering, architecture, faculties listen up. We could 
learn so much from what is already around us...

Cheers

Shawna

Rob Tom wrote:

>
>The FLW house to which you refer is of course the "Solar Hemicycle" or  
>"Jacobs II" house to be more precise.
>
>As with most of FLW's work, it is a brilliantly-conceived, beautiful  
>design, but unfortunately, comes up a bit short on basic good building  
>practise details.
>
>As to the sustainability of FLW's work and the Jacobs II house in  
>particular, one would have to give them a "thumbs down".
>