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Plasma Studio: Cube Haus
Private Residence – Sesto, Italy
Completed August 2008
The major constraints of this project, its steep site, compressed between existing buildings and very limited allowance of development volume have shaped the form of this house. It is inserted into the earth with 2 covered parking spaces to the front from where a small staircase leads up to the main living zones on the first floor and further to the bedrooms on the second floor. read more
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Rice concrete can cut greenhouse emissions
Researchers find way to make nearly carbon-free rice husk ash for concrete
(Via:www.msnbc.msn.com)
By Michael Reilly
updated 3:47 p.m. ET, Tues., July 7, 2009
A new way of processing rice husks for use in concrete could lead to a boom in green construction.
Rice husks form small cases around edible kernels of rice and are rich in silicon dioxide, an essential ingredient in concrete. Scientists have recognized the potential value of rice husks as a building material for decades, but past attempts to burn it produced an ash too contaminated with carbon to be useful as a cement substitute.
The world’s penchant for consuming concrete is a huge problem for climate change. Every ton of cement manufactured for use in concrete emits a ton of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere. Worldwide, cement production accounts for about 5 percent of all CO2 emissions related to human activity.
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Horizon: Computing a Sustainable Surface by Dave Mans + Matthew Standeven
Between the earth’s ever-changing surface and the performative light of the sky there exists a reciprocity of horizon. The house here operates as a moment between two systems, a covariant derivative between light and ground. Within the natural system that is life, energy exchange is essential and cyclical. Energy is consumed in order that it may further consume, stored only to be later utilized, and emitted back into a ubiquitous system for retrieval at another time. Its use is multifaceted, yet its essence is singular. Horizon House provides a rhythm and a structure against which all other systems are measured. read more
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