e741bc No.4412
Here's something big that needs to be discussed; housing.
In what will we live?
I found this:
http://www.popup-house.com/They seem to be good. Cheap, stylish, recycled materials, relatively quick to make, insulated, plenty of space for a family.
I think mobile homes would also work well, but they don't have as much room or look as nice.
The popup house doesn't have pricing yet (that I can find), and here's a video to give you the idea of how much mobile homes cost:
http://www.ebay.com/bhp/used-mobile-homesI don't know how we'd get them in Namibia. Maybe we could buy then in Windhoek or SA, then drive them up to where we're settling? Or maybe bring them by boat?
Housing is very essential, and we need to set up shelter in order to live anywhere.
Ideas people, we need them.
e68e5d No.4418
I like your popup houses they have a cool idea but again like you said there is no price listed which is a big concern. Personally if it were up to me we would live inside a bunker or a vault like fallout but thats just me
968eb2 No.4423
>>4412I need to discuss area
Assuming one person per house (because no GF)
A one room house would be enough
there are downsides to my plan such as no space for toilet and it's very basic but it's essentially made for the first couple of years or so to be easily built and managed
I'll expand these plans as we go on
So here is about a 96 square feet home with a bed, lamp and stand and a shelf/cabinet
You could replace the lamp and stand with a toilet but that's just an idea
I'll update this with things like say a next to-the-house bathroom or supply garage
e741bc No.4424
>>4418>bunker or a vaultBut those are expensive. It costs a fuckton to make a bunker.
We need affordability.
e68e5d No.4429
>>4424a man can dream cant he?
f339a9 No.4436
>>4423>one person per house>implying we are going to ever do thatwe need to live in a pension, 15-20 person per building, no comfy
e741bc No.4440
>>4436Yeah, and we need space for a small family.
We need to reproduce to keep the colony going, you know.
f339a9 No.4444
what kind of insulation do these house have?
968eb2 No.4447
>>4436Alright I see, I can try and do a pent house floor plan by maybe the end of this week, I can get back to you just the basic area and how the floors will work
7407c4 No.4461
Tents until we are able to construct more permanent housing
more permanent housing at the start would probably be a small house constructed from scrap metal, on site constructed bricks, or a shedlike structure if we are able to procure wood
e741bc No.4655
Bump, this is important
3d3876 No.4660
We need to build concrete houses/bunkers. Concrete is tough and cheap. It may look like shit, but it will also allow us to defend ourselves if attacked. We should also build underground, it's safe, warm and hidden from prying eyes. It's also only temarary
3d3876 No.4664
>>4663
It does look good, of you have the cash… We don't. Although I do think that brutalism can look good
972f7f No.4666
>>4656
>chosing the worst thermic material
>shiggy
14e66a No.4668
5375d4 No.4689
5375d4 No.4691
>>4664>>4660>project aims to conserve culture>suggests brutalismhorrid.
architecture speaks for the character of a nation. reminder that modernist designs are objectively disgusting.
d23e4b No.4698
>>4412Don't be a fag, you want a mac too? or a latte machine?
We can live in shipping containers, companies literally give used ones away for free
I'm far more concerned about energy generation
c5aa44 No.4703
>>4698>you want a mac too? or a latte machine?Yes please
6000cb No.4704
tents -> shacks - > normal houses
and once we gitgud we can build underground complexes for shit
5c1472 No.4707
>>4698Anon, this is a good idea.
Let's do this.
36df3e No.4711
6000cb No.4712
>>4698>implying those wont overheat 5375d4 No.4714
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e3152a No.4715
Shipping containers underground for foundation, cool storage area. First level - Adobe style housing - cheap and energy efficient. Top level geometric dome for star gazing, aligning your kundalini and tulpa creation.
4d873c No.4716
This is my idea for the basis of a new, native Namibian architecture.
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3d3876 No.4818
>>4691Read my firs post, it's only temporary. Obviously a gothic city is the dream but in the beginning we will have to make do and mend
952bc7 No.4823
06c3ea No.4836
>>4705
Namibia's coast is one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa. The best place on the coast is at the very southernmost point, and that's a border we don't want to be near.
4d873c No.4842
>>4836>Namibia's coast is one of the least hospitable coasts in Africa.And that is the source of the challenge, the beauty and the poetry of greening the desert for all of man(un)kind
8979b2 No.4848
>>4836people were wrongly obsessed with the coast, earlier. its more likely we will be inland.
4d873c No.4863
>>4848I have a feeling we will not all be concentrated into one area.
That does not belie the fact that we can work in unison and cooperate
7d0319 No.6985
>>4698While making the whole structure metal, using shipping containers as part of buildings is a good idea. Perhaps HDPE plastic blocks could also be utilized, with the metal from the shipping crates giving them weight.
Is important that buildings stay cool on the inside.
7d0319 No.6986
>>4715I like the idea of shipping containers for underground rooms. This could help solve the temperature problem.
7df6b0 No.6991
>>6986You know shipping containers are ridiculously toxic and unsuitable for living in, yes?
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45e69c No.7080
>>4412rammed earth houses to minimalise costs of material and make cool environment
similar to this
http://earthship.com/also, I suggest building sand dam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_damcould be immensely useful because seawater desalination is ridiculously expensive, energy demanding and need decent infrastructure, well is very expensive
And biogas reactor for cooking gas, possibly even fuel for machines
shit goes in, gas and fertiliser goes out, pretty straight forward
>>4444big pile of dirt as a wall
colder air goes in from intake hole deep in cold dirt wall (thus cooling)
hot air goes through hole under roof
>>6991lot of people live in those with no issues, "ridiculously toxic and unsuitable for living" is an overstretch
and if you want to be 100% safe, don't go to fucking African desert
380dcb No.7113
>>4698>ship our stuff over in containers>then use containers as our shelteryep please everyone make note of this
9de60b No.7166
>>7113The containers are worth more than the materials for a single dwelling. Plus, you can cram in thousands of tents, dozens of barracks and tools and building materials for hundreds of simple brick houses into a single container. Besides, you wouldn't be able to transport it from the port to the settlement anyway due to a lack of suitable infrastrure and vehicles.