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Glass houses are a thermal crime. I'm from south of France, suck kind of houses are stupid here, but I think also anywhere. There is a typical architecture here

Glass houses are a thermal crime. I'm from south of France, suck kind of houses are stupid here, but I think also anywhere. There is a typical architecture here, for countryside houses, that of the "Bastide", which is adapted to the climate. In hot climate, it's too much opening during summer, in cold climate it's too much opening during winter. Maghreb, spain and all countries around the Mediterranean have their own architecture adapter to hot climate with nearly passive cooling during summer (with an adapted way of life, i.e. work early and do nothing in the middle of the day during summer). We don't need styles, movement or whatever, we need forms evolved for a long time by normal humans (on this point I'm a fan of Christopher Alexander position on architecture, see A Pattern Language or The Timeless Way of Building). Modern architecture is just a fraud based on nothing. Look at those : * http://www.hugues-bosc.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Mas-et-Bastide-en-Provence-Architecte-01.jpg http://www.hugues-bosc.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/M... * https://sunnyspainholidays.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/sunnyspainholidays.com-top-12-bech-holiday-destinations-in-southern-spain-720x380.jpg https://sunnyspainholidays.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/su...

jupp0r 7y ago
> Glass houses are a thermal crime. I don't think this is true. Some of the most energy efficient houses are passive solar houses that use large glass surfaces for heating that are covered using shades in the heat, but also use high thermal mass materials for heat/cold storage. From an aesthetics perspective, many people like natural light, I wouldn't want to live in the houses you provided as examples for that reason.
- bdauvergne 7y ago
  Go outside, people living in those houses lived outside for most of the colder hours (morning/evening), they were sunny enough (but maybe you come from a northern country).

jupp0r 7y ago

> Glass houses are a thermal crime. I don't think this is true. Some of the most energy efficient houses are passive solar houses that use large glass surfaces for heating that are covered using shades in the heat, but also use high thermal mass materials for heat/cold storage. From an aesthetics perspective, many people like natural light, I wouldn't want to live in the houses you provided as examples for that reason.

bdauvergne 7y ago
Go outside, people living in those houses lived outside for most of the colder hours (morning/evening), they were sunny enough (but maybe you come from a northern country).