Eco Factor: Sustainable housing with living walls.
Where in the future will we be living, and where will all the food we need come from? Designers and architects have different opinions on this and they all are developing concept structures that they believe can take the burden of everything the environment and the escalating human needs will throw at them. LA-based Rios Clementi Hale Studios is seeking the answers in a conceptual, three-story house that doubles as a vertical garden.
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The “Edible House” is based on the use of three prefab containers resting on top of one another. This strategy not only reduces the footprint of the house but also makes it energy efficient. The house is designed to carry vertical axis wind turbines on the roof and an evaporative cooling reservoir, which collectively power the house and keep the interiors cool.
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If conditions are not windy, the wind turbines, which the house is equipped with, are backed up by a photovoltaic awning that doubles as a sun shade during hot summer months. The feature that attracts our attention the most is the use of a hydroponic skin to cover the walls, which can then be used to grow all the food we need using rain-harvested water. These walls also reduce the heat gain to the house, which further reduces cooling load.
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