This reminds me a lot of the windtraps in Dune. I'm sure Frank Herbert took inspiration for them, as he did with many aspects of the culture and technology of A

This reminds me a lot of the windtraps in Dune. I'm sure Frank Herbert took inspiration for them, as he did with many aspects of the culture and technology of Arrakis, from the lives of real desert peoples, but it's really cool to see a real life version of something you read about in a Sci-Fi novel.