Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Building into the Landscape


Why don't we build more into the landscape such as they did here in Petra, Jordan, 2000 years ago? Why not build homes into the earth in a flat and hot place like Bakersfield? What do you think?
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  1. BcruzSeptember 14, 2009 at 9:40 PM

    Bakersfield is known to be hot and flat, thus building into the earth would mean building down. I feel although down is usually cooler, I'd prefer to live above land for the reason that a windowless house built several feet under would freak me out and cause a slight case of claustrofobia. Personally I like having the ability not only to look outside and enjoy the scenery, but to also be able to open the window and feel the breeze.

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  2. guadalupe_perezSeptember 15, 2009 at 7:07 PM

    Yes, if the houses are like the picture above.

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  3. acrabtreeSeptember 16, 2009 at 3:00 PM

    Well in the news awhile back there was this house for sale where a man built a house by using this huge cave for him and his family. The outside looked just like a huge regular house stuck to a rock wall and inside was rock too, but he built an upstairs and everything. I think something like that would be really cool. I like things that are different.

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  4. tfreerSeptember 18, 2009 at 1:06 PM

    I feel they built into the ground at the time out of necessity. Looking at the surrounding area there isn't much of a flat land. Additionally, there was a lack of air-conditioning at that era. This would make building into the ground more functional than in today's time. Bakersfield isn't lacking on large open space to build homes. If one was seeking something similar to this it would be more cost-efficient to use terra-thermal technology (i.e. using the earths temperature) to help regulate their house temperature.

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  5. Blanca MartinezSeptember 30, 2009 at 9:48 AM

    back then they didn't count in the same resources as we do today. besides, you could tell by the shape and detail that they took their time, now engineers try to build as fast as they could and they just design a square with windows.

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