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Anybody got an opinion about this "Undergreen House" stuff?

Anybody got an opinion about this "Undergreen House" stuff?

Anybody got an opinion about this "Undergreen House" stuff?

(OP)
10 minute video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYOEoRK71_E

There's a lot of very strong engineering concepts in it, I'll give them that.  My first thought was to wonder whether they included the cost of terrace earthwork into their $50/sf figure.  

 

Hydrology, Drainage Analysis, Flood Studies, and Complex Stormwater Litigation for Atlanta and the South East - http://www.campbellcivil.com

RE: Anybody got an opinion about this "Undergreen House" stuff?

The concept is about as realistic as the concept vehicles or show cars that you see at auto shows.

Concepts are often shown to gauge customer reaction to new and radical designs which may or may not have a chance of being produced.

Concepts never go into production directly; in modern times all would have to undergo many changes before the design is finalized for the sake of practicality and cost.
 

RE: Anybody got an opinion about this "Undergreen House" stuff?

(OP)
I emailed the guy, he says he's building one in Colorado right now, so I guess we'll see when it's done what it actually cost.   

Hydrology, Drainage Analysis, Flood Studies, and Complex Stormwater Litigation for Atlanta and the South East - http://www.campbellcivil.com

RE: Anybody got an opinion about this "Undergreen House" stuff?

My first thought was, "In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit."

My second thought was, how do you repair the roof membrane if it should start to leak?

They make it sound like no heating or insulation would be needed. Ground temperature in my neck of the woods is ~50F. That's a bit chilly for a home.

The clerestory probably would provide enough daylight, but I think I'd want some eye-level windows to look out.

     "...students of traffic are beginning to realize the false economy of mechanically controlled traffic, and hand work by trained officers will again prevail." - Wm. Phelps Eno, ca. 1928

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