Asphalt desert

  • TheHalc
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    1 year ago

    The best architecture for desert cities in the US:

    Don’t build cities in deserts. There’s tonnes of space in parts of the country that aren’t actively trying to kill you for half the year.

    • perviouslyiner@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      As /u/hank hints. it’ might be possible if you build the buildings under some mass, like in Arakkis or Pompeii or North Africa - Your stone house has a central courtyard. Your street is in the shade between houses. Any public building rising above the rooflines has a wind-catcher. Really big public spaces are catching winds.

      Literally anything better than an above-ground structure (skyscraper) with exterior glass (greenhouse) walls!

      • CaptainJanegay@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        I mean, most people could survive almost anywhere for a day. Yeah, people need shade, just like all animals do; which is naturally provided by trees, shrubs, big rocks, terrain features etc. It’s true that there are places where humans have deliberately made the outdoors inhospitable by removing those features, but you can fix that by putting them back.