Comments by "justgivemethetruth" (@justgivemethetruth) on "Alastair Parvin: Architecture for the people by the people" video.

  1. For example, just as a hypothetical, I think the idea of Earthships being taken OpenSource might compete positively with this because it addresses the house as a system idea ... although this system is far more flexible than a monolithic massive Earthship that is almost impossible to renovate.
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  2. > If it was in a tornado you could easily leave the house and rebuild Thanks Conor, I guess you could, but the point of a house for most people, please excuse my preconceived notion is that the house should be able to weather such events. There is something valuable here, I am just not sure the house I saw here is it - but it's a start. I like the Wiki/OpenSource methodology because it's the "process" and the "system" that are important and need to be captured, improved and distributed.
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  3. Q - this is only useful in places where they have plywood that people can afford? Q - is this strong enough to support solar panels on the roof? Q - how much does it cost to get the 3D cutter/printer rig and hard hard is it to operate? Q - if this house was located in Oklahoma it would be torn to bits by the tornadoes ... so how strong it is and what kind of foundation does it go on? Q - is there any country that will approve this in their building codes?
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  4. Not being a builder myself, and having done some amateur plumbing, electrical, sheet rocking, etc, the problem I see is that much of if cannot be done by one person. I do like the system here in that it is like an IKEA design where one person can usually muddle through alone if need be. The best thing about this design that I can see is that and the flexibility that could be designed in ... but to do that will require a lot of experience and evolution.
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  5. Very nice talk ... the politics of virtually every business now.
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  6. engineering a building's systems is a good idea.
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  7. I have to say though that this 3D printer revolution may not be happening at all. In the media now it is being vilified by association with gun-printing nuts and terrorism ... So, my question would do, who thinks there might be a massive concerted effort by the 1% to maintain their relevance in the face of these "democratizing" trends?
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  8. What are you replying to ?
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  9. Fufurasu, what you said is true, but having built some minor stuff on my own what kind of lack of intelligence do you need to design for. I can go to Home Depot and get a lot of stuff and figure out how to use it, at least now, probably a lot easier than I can get my hands on a 3D-printer, and lots more people know about and can answer questions and give advice about conventional construction with bricks/mortar/2x4s, etc. Or another way I could put it is that most builders are unskilled.
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  10. Well, ask a question, get pummeled on YT! ;-) Yes, the "easy as IKEA" idea is good, and the mechanical engineering of that is really improving, but as I said, 2x4's, sheathing, concrete is pretty much ubiquitous, I don't think it is the house "technology" per se that is the difficulty - but the plan and system of living. I see brand new McMansions being built with horrible ergonomics, it is the ergnonomics/system and the modification (which you did address) that are the problems.
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  11. Except these days the capitalist class is smarter, they do not try to protect their industries, they protect their capital by buying the new industries and controlling the technology - they do not need to protect any technology, they just buy it.
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  12. PVC would be many times less expensive and easier.
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  13. >One thing is certain:no empire lasts forever. The idea of empire seems to go one forever, when one system drops the ball the next is happy to pick it up and run with it. I think the idea here is that people having the basic infrastructure and power to protect themselves could be the basis of a resistance to that kind of thinking. It would just have to be a lot more canny, and there is always the danger of a subgroup from within too ... people are clever when it comes to being jerks! ;-)
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  14. One other thing is that all the 3D printing is not needed to build a simple house. As a product, why not just use what is on the market now that has been developed over the last hundred years to be strong simple and as inexpensive as possible ... 2x4's and sheetrock with plumbing and electrical, etc? If I wanted a Wikihouse if would be much better for me to see plans for a house system - optimized lighting, kitchen, heating/cooling, wiring, plumbing? What problem does this solve?
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