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The Imaginarium of a Solarpunk Architect

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Re: The Imaginarium of a Solarpunk Architect

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Post by gremlinsinc »

motohagiography wrote: post #18

Solarpunk I suspect is more important that we know, because I think rich subcultures are the seeds of massive growth. It's just some funny drawings and internet fanfic twigging our sense of novelty on HN now, but when you see it as representing the desires and longings of young people for wilderness, and also know people who left cities in the last 10y, they were the thin edge of the wedge, where post-pandemic, young…

I'm working w/ like-minded people from reddit/HN to build intentional communities (commune, essentially).

Start w/ small community, build a glamping sustainable living space...

Tent living but not complete roughing it, communal shower, restrooms, kitchen, gardens, laundry, and worker spaces...then little living areas will be setup by families with gates so children don't run off, or get lost.

I think mvp needs:

Living areas. Land. Storm safety spot. Restrooms. Showers. Food Prep area. Solar/Electricity. Water.

Ideally in warmer climes as tents/yurts I think would be hard to keep warm in winter than cool in summer...

The idea being that the commune could pool resources and grow/expand and work towards fixing earth by making it fashionable to live in such communities...

Re: The Imaginarium of a Solarpunk Architect

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Post by motohagiography »

gremlinsinc wrote: post #81
motohagiography wrote: post #18

Solarpunk I suspect is more important that we know, because I think rich subcultures are the seeds of massive growth. It's just some funny drawings and internet fanfic twigging our sense of novelty on HN now, but when you see it as representing the desires and longings of young people for wilderness, and also know people who left cities in the last 10y, they were the thin edge of the wedge, where post-pandemic, young…

I'm working w/ like-minded people from reddit/HN to build intentional communities (commune, essentially). Start w/ small community, build a glamping sustainable living space... Tent living but not complete roughing it, communal shower, restrooms, kitchen, gardens, laundry, and worker spaces...then little living areas will be setup by families with gates so children don't run off, or get lost. I think mvp needs: Livin…

May I recommend some precedents for consideration, some more successful than others. ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadhead

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Travellers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrims_(Plymouth_Colony)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_Yod

I'd say, start a band or a music festival, then just keep it going. The other ones, ymmv.

Re: The Imaginarium of a Solarpunk Architect

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Post by gremlinsinc »

nynx wrote: post #9

In many contexts, solarpunk is related to anarcho-communism and gift-economies. It can be difficult to see how a solarpunk-like society could sustainably grow directly out of our current economic system.

Here's a thought...combine solarpunk/glamping.

Create communities for singles/families... master-planned cities if you will..or more loosely communes...

Homes are maybe some sort of tent/yurt on a pedestal with a bed.

The community has a campus building with restrooms, showers, kitchen, cubicles (for work from home), farm-land for planting crops, solar panels, etc..

The area would have playground equipment, exercise equipment, outdoor sports/games, a makerspace/library with tools, toys, big toys (4-wheelers, etc), that people can 'check out' and use.

I feel a lot of the problems w/ society is everyone has to own a drill, when one drill per street that anyone can access probably makes more sense, maybe 2 or 3 max... but still if we could just curb our need to "own" things.

A shared "library" of everything from toys for kids to video games for consoles, to books, to tools and 3d printers, etc...would be pretty awesome.

I think of it more in a utilitarian manner than aesthetically lots of glass/trees on skyscrapers that nobody who wants to do something in this space could ever afford to build, so it definitely remains a pipe-dream...

Fashionable glamping communities could pop up super fast and be sustainable and fun.

Re: The Imaginarium of a Solarpunk Architect

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Post by gunfighthacksaw »

asmxyz wrote: post #6
gunfighthacksaw wrote: post #2

Very cool, but I don’t want to dwell on all the bugs one would swallow cycling through one of these cities.

If you're swallowing bugs while cycling that means you're probably mouth breathing. It's pretty challenging to convert to strict nasal breathing, but it's worth it and a side benefit is bugs aren't a big deal if you're wearing something on your eyes.

I cycle at the higher end of my aerobic threshold to get around and my bike is single speed so I have to go anaerobic on hills. Do you cycle at a more leisurely pace or do you maintain constant nose breathing even during strenuous exercise? If the latter, I would probably caution you of the health effects of that too.

Re: The Imaginarium of a Solarpunk Architect

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Post by asmxyz »

gunfighthacksaw wrote: post #84
asmxyz wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you're swallowing bugs while cycling that means you're probably mouth breathing. It's pretty challenging to convert to strict nasal breathing, but it's worth it and a side benefit is bugs aren't a big deal if you're wearing something on your eyes.

I cycle at the higher end of my aerobic threshold to get around and my bike is single speed so I have to go anaerobic on hills. Do you cycle at a more leisurely pace or do you maintain constant nose breathing even during strenuous exercise? If the latter, I would probably caution you of the health effects of that too.

I'm definitely curious if you have references to negative health effects of nasal breathing. I've seen quite a bit on the positives, even with strenuous exercise. I maintain nasal breathing when riding fast, during kettlebell workouts, and sandbag workouts.

Re: The Imaginarium of a Solarpunk Architect

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Post by StrictDabbler »

motohagiography wrote: post #18

Solarpunk I suspect is more important that we know, because I think rich subcultures are the seeds of massive growth. It's just some funny drawings and internet fanfic twigging our sense of novelty on HN now, but when you see it as representing the desires and longings of young people for wilderness, and also know people who left cities in the last 10y, they were the thin edge of the wedge, where post-pandemic, young…

I'm all for dropping off the grid in a sustainable way.

I'm not sure that tree-shaped houses covered in glass are a good way to achieve that. In the future we're facing most of these buildings look like they'll be solar ovens in the summer and painfully cold in the winter.

Re: The Imaginarium of a Solarpunk Architect

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Post by elefanten »

svantana wrote: post #66
tomc1985 wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know, that argument isn't super compelling. It kind of reminds me of that one marketer at SXSW a while back that wanted the whole conference hall to have "idea sex" as some weird way of framing brainstorming or innovating. Like if yall want to have your utopic fantasies then cool, but if you want to use the punk name there needs to be some raw grit Besides... light has no meaning without dark to contrast it

Your idea of what is punk sounds like the mass-marketing by malcolm mclaren. Consider a band like the Buzzcocks, all around friendly looking blokes but they pressed up their own 7" singles, that is the true spirit of punk.

It all sounds like ineffable cultural projection. Ask 10 self-identified punks for a definition of "punk" and get 10 different answers.
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