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> Most Houses need to last 30 or 50 years Why? It seems absurd to me to only have a dwelling last for half a lifetime. This view seems to assume a disposable,
by abathologist 4y ago
> Most Houses need to last 30 or 50 years
Why? It seems absurd to me to only have a dwelling last for half a lifetime. This view seems to assume a disposable, consumerist logic, which seems at odds in my view both from reasonable use of energy and time and with a sustainable civilization.
- dsfyu404ed 4y ago>Why? Your average house in the city is going to get bulldozed after 30-50yr because in that time things will change enough that someone is going to want to develop the site into something else. Your average farm house is probably a 200yr structure.
- ajuc 4y agoYour average house in an European city is going to stand for 100 years or more.
- arethuza 4y agoI once made a friend who is a property developer very happy by pointing out that his new building (built with traditional materials) in Edinburgh's New Town might still be standing in a 1000 years whereas I'm lucky if anything I do lasts 10 years.