Comment by camkego
4 days ago
Whether you find them beautiful or ugly, I think it’s kind of sad you probably couldn’t build these today as dwellings due to building codes. (Or maybe you could?)
4 days ago
Whether you find them beautiful or ugly, I think it’s kind of sad you probably couldn’t build these today as dwellings due to building codes. (Or maybe you could?)
I was thinking, we now know more about effects of various chemicals on the body. And probably fire regulation has been updated too. A lot of this material was quite new then and of course there was a lot of experimentation, and some things that ended up as "dead ends". What would a modern Futuro look like?
In the birth country of Futuro, the craze has been the opposite for at least a decade: all natural and old fashioned materials. Log houses, maybe even stone foundation, natural circulation, clay/chalk wall finishing, tar paper, shredded newspaper + flax insulation. No glue or plastics anywhere. Some of this is first hand experience.
I think one could build a modern and retro futuro-like thing with enough cleverness. Maybe from some wicker style material? The rain proofing is a problem.
I wonder about that… things like creosote were used in older times but not all that great for health either …
Don't people build all kinds of tiny houses and live in them? How does that work with building codes?
I have something of a fetish for modern tiny homes. I definitely would like to see more around, and to design and build some myself.
https://www.dwell.com/tiny-homes
https://www.houseplans.com/collection/s-tiny-modern-plans
https://metropolismag.com/viewpoints/nine-taliesin-west-most...
https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/the-last-student-sh...
https://www.tsoa.edu/shelter-thesis
My favourite tiny home is a sailboat. My second favourite tiny home is a solar powered boat (a pretty interesting one recently came to an unfortunate end, however), and my third tiny home is a deep, underground bunker.
Dunno why, I do love all the land-surface homes too, but I dream of having any one of the above to live out my latter days ..
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Small, even tiny, homes are not a new thing. The house I grew up in was not much larger than the Futuro. A local museum has the house of a local artist inside, and it is about the size of a tiny home. Of course, you also have people living in mobile homes and trailers. I doubt that building codes have much to say on small homes, though zoning would.
That said, the design and materials would have an impact for more innovative designs.
Wyoming says you can take your codes and shove it you know where!
I think you might have to get creative with your local building code for garden sheds / modular homes / trailers etc. Or find some way to designate it as a caravan.
Building codes? What building codes? Where we’re going we don’t need no stinkin’ building codes .. because we seceded from the host nation and have created our own micro-state/principality/sovereignty deal, and if we wanna live in a bubble, then blow away, Oida!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugelmugel