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Green power locates a new home
Posted May 4, 2009
A status symbol is no longer the massive villa - today's coveted property is eco-sustainable, energy-efficient and capable of self-healing.
The so-called new "Green Architecture" includes such traits as vertical gardens, self-cleaning glass, solar panels, and carbon-dioxide absorbing cement. One of the world's most powerful business newspapers, The Wall Street Journal, is closely following the trend.
The newspaper recently asked four architects to project their perfect eco-house without conjuring up the impossible by using only existing technology. The results are four surprising re-evaluations of the ideal home.
Suggestions included a 100% self-efficient “tree-house” (featured below) that showcases photosynthetic layers that capturing sunlight and create a new roof aesthetic featuring solar panels woven into the house’s structure from architect William McDonough.
The “Edible house” (below) from Rio Clementi Hale Studios based in L.A, offers vertical gardens that create shade and cool spots more efficiently than a standard wall providing the perfect habitat for growing tomatoes or green tea and encouraging self-sufficiency.
The Mouzon Design house combines cutting edge technology combined with ancient techniques. The house showcases a, "breeze chimney," an architectural tool used by the ancient people as a form of old-school air conditioning.
Like Rios Clementi Hale, Mouzon Design see the house "as a source of food”. They would add "melon cradles," an invention they brainstormed for this project, to allow heavy melons and other vegetables to grow vertically up the sides of the house.
And if you feel more like changing your home’s look on a seasonable basis take a look at “The Lizard House” by Cook+Fox. (Image featured in the post's main position)
Its facade is a biomorphic skin that reacts to light and heat and providing water and light - turning clear on dark days to absorb as much light and heat as possible.
Being a farmer has never been so hot.
To read the full article in detail see online.wsj.com
Giuliano Federico
Source & Design Credits: europe.wsj.com
TAGS: wall street journal europe design green green homes architecture cook+fox william mcdonough rio clementi hale studios mouzon design
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