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KIkilroy1231 uur geleden
Crazy to see this on here! I grew up very close to this place.
Fresno gets crazy hot in the summer, often well into the 100s or up to 40+ c.
When you go down there, it's pretty shocking how cool it is, even in the middle of summer. Even with tons of natural light pouring in.
Really makes you wonder why the heck we build homes the way we do in such hot places.
PHphikappa6 uur geleden
Interesting case of double-layered false nominative determinism. Although foresta in Italian means "forest" and thus the surname would seem eminently plant-based, it actually means "foreigner", which I guess he also ended up being as Italian immigrant in the US. The etymology of forest and foreigner is closely related and means basically just "(from the) outside".
AFAffric11 uur geleden
Not sure if it was from the last time this was posted but there’s a decent YouTube video about this place.[1]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUKRPoQKynk
NONoboruWataya3 uur geleden
Reminded me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyttle
There is a good write-up/obituary of him at https://www.ft.com/content/fe13350f-6522-4892-b67e-301828b10...
ROrob746 uur geleden
One place this reminded me of (which isn't in the "see also" section): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jameos_del_Agua on Lanzarote (Canary Islands). Both are underground structures inspired by traditional dwellings and take advantage of the cooling effect of underground structures, but Jameos del Agua is much larger and built inside a natural (partly collapsed) lava tube, not excavated. As a bonus, it has an endemic species of cave crab called jameito. Also something for fans of lavish 1960s architecture.
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Crazy to see this on here! I grew up very close to this place. Fresno gets crazy hot in the summer, often well into the 100s or up to 40+ c. When you go down there, it's pretty shocking how cool it is, even in the middle of summer. Even with tons of natural light pouring in. Really makes you wonder why the heck we build homes the way we do in such hot places.
Interesting case of double-layered false nominative determinism. Although foresta in Italian means "forest" and thus the surname would seem eminently plant-based, it actually means "foreigner", which I guess he also ended up being as Italian immigrant in the US. The etymology of forest and foreigner is closely related and means basically just "(from the) outside".
Not sure if it was from the last time this was posted but there’s a decent YouTube video about this place.[1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUKRPoQKynk
Reminded me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyttle There is a good write-up/obituary of him at https://www.ft.com/content/fe13350f-6522-4892-b67e-301828b10...
One place this reminded me of (which isn't in the "see also" section): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jameos_del_Agua on Lanzarote (Canary Islands). Both are underground structures inspired by traditional dwellings and take advantage of the cooling effect of underground structures, but Jameos del Agua is much larger and built inside a natural (partly collapsed) lava tube, not excavated. As a bonus, it has an endemic species of cave crab called jameito. Also something for fans of lavish 1960s architecture.