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The most amazing type of house, and one I'd like to live in, is the Heliodome, which apparently is heated by the sun even in winter while staying cool enough in
by gpvos 3y ago
The most amazing type of house, and one I'd like to live in, is the Heliodome, which apparently is heated by the sun even in winter while staying cool enough in summer: https://www.heliodome.com/ https://www.heliodome.com/ .
- sixstringtheory 3y agoThat's pretty cool. I imagine the parameters need to change with the latitude? Didn't seen anything about that on the site.
- somedude895 3y agoHow does it stay cool in summer? Are the windows oriented in a way that winter sun gets in but summer sun doesn't?
- gpvos 3y agoCorrect. In summer the main window façade is not in direct sunlight.
- adrian_b 3y agoI would like to live in a toroidal house, preferably raised above the ground by standing on some pillars, and with trees around, both outside the torus and inside the torus. I am lucky that even if I live in an apartment (a.k.a. flat), when I look through the windows I do not see some other ugly building, but I see the crowns of several beautiful trees, which are close, at a distance of about 5 meters. I am working most of the time being seated in front of a computer, but whenever I have to think about something more difficult I prefer to stand up and walk, while thinking. Doing this in an apartment, even when choosing the longest possible path, requires frequent direction reversals for walking. In a toroidal house, it would be possible to walk for any duration, without paying attention to the environment while thinking and without being distracted by the necessity of doing reversals.