These design ideas are old. It’s more that our civilization did not value this and never planned housing like this. There are other patterns that can harvest su

These design ideas are old. It’s more that our civilization did not value this and never planned housing like this. There are other patterns that can harvest sun, rain and wind. North facing can work well if you’re in a place that recieves too much sun. With flat ground in hot arid climate, an Eartship design for a house can be the hill providing the thermal mass.