Low-Tech Utopia

Tags:: Architecture; Technology; Culture

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones, which probably isn't an issue when the glass house is a commune.

— Femke Bijlsma

Sitting placidly in the midst of open farmland (as evidenced by the gray plastic crop covers that seem to run into the greenhouses), Millennium City is an experiment by Japanese architect Hiroshi Iguchi in utopian sustainable living.

Photo by: Alessio Guarino

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jon swift08.01.2009

I am so happy to see this idea be done. I'd love to see some pictures.
peter kou RIBA10.19.2009

Precisely what's on my drawings for my own house and greenhouse; It is the deconstruction of the wall to the in-between; a case study of two thermal/activity zones coined as the cocoon-house. One would retreat into the inner sanctum with di-urnal temperature distribution management I would like to know if they have data on the thermal performance in the two zones. Perhaps this project did not go this far?
Peter Oei05.10.2010

Very interesting to see that Japan also has his first greenhouses for people. In Holland Building with green and light as we called it, is now a program run by the Foundation Living Daylights for the next three years. The Floriade building by Jon Kristinsson will be the first with the revolutionary energy system to harvest heat in summer (by cooling) and using the heat in winter from an aquifer in the ground. We had the sccesfull Dutch book translated, it can be ordered from www.kiplant.com or from www.bol.com, it contains the benefits of plants for people, new energy techniques, the benefits of daylight and examples of projects in four types: schools, offices, care buildings and homes.

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