Comments on: Hale County Animal Shelter by (New) Rural Studio http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/18/hale-county-animal-shelter-by-new-rural-studio-2/ Future-forward design for the world you inhabit Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:29:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: ashley callhttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/18/hale-county-animal-shelter-by-new-rural-studio-2/comment-page-1/#comment-68127 ashley call Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:38:17 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/18/hale-county-animal-shelter-by-new-rural-studio-2/#comment-68127 i checked out another rural studio 'dog pound' post and some great response comments by the head of Architecture for Humanity Cameron Sinclair and also by Connely Farr, who is one of the designers/builders of the dog pound over at the architecture.myninjaplease.com website last week. You guys should check it out. Some good points were raised i checked out another rural studio ‘dog pound’ post and some great response comments by the head of Architecture for Humanity Cameron Sinclair and also by Connely Farr, who is one of the designers/builders of the dog pound over at the architecture.myninjaplease.com website last week. You guys should check it out. Some good points were raised

]]> By: joshua doolittlehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/18/hale-county-animal-shelter-by-new-rural-studio-2/comment-page-1/#comment-68003 joshua doolittle Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:02:31 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/18/hale-county-animal-shelter-by-new-rural-studio-2/#comment-68003 We could build a similar, more sustainable and affordable structure using my new banded bamboo strip beam system. Arc forms work well due to increased structural integrity from having a flexible member in tension, like a dome tent pole.Can anyone help "connect the dots"with Rural Studio? We'd love to join forces with them. I've tried, didn't get any responses. There's bamboo in the region, but my vision seems to be to outside the box for most people, until they examine our prototype parts. Thats the "Ah-Hah!" moment.We'll transform being "bamboozled" into a good thing, an invasive pest into a CO2 sequestering organic steel.If banded swamp reed tea houses have been standing in S. Iraq for the past 3-5,000 years then we ought to be able to build pre-fab sky scrapers out of banded bamboo strips. I see them in my mind, inspired by bees nest and Legos.Please visit our site and updated drawings of our Perma Yurt design, which is merely a logical beginning:http://bambitat.com/http://bamboocompetition.com/spages/1420-03.htmlWe seek help, of all kinds, so we can develop and share this deceptively simple sustainable arch vision with the world. Seeking investment partners to become a hybrid For/Non Profit housing operation. Imagine "What If? Patagonia were to team up with Habitat for Humanity? Thats where we are headed.Slow and steady wins the race...The next step is a full scale prototype, optimally at the Bamboo Tech facility in Saigon, Vietnam. This is the egg that will give birth to an entirely new species of sustainable architecture.Please feel free to contact me off our site for more information. I am currently back in upstate NY to address hip and shoulder injuries, but have prototype parts with me.Your time and consideration is greatly appreciated!Whirled Peas,Joshua Doolittle We could build a similar, more sustainable and affordable structure using my new banded bamboo strip beam system. Arc forms work well due to increased structural integrity from having a flexible member in tension, like a dome tent pole.

Can anyone help “connect the dots”with Rural Studio? We’d love to join forces with them. I’ve tried, didn’t get any responses. There’s bamboo in the region, but my vision seems to be to outside the box for most people, until they examine our prototype parts. Thats the “Ah-Hah!” moment.

We’ll transform being “bamboozled” into a good thing, an invasive pest into a CO2 sequestering organic steel.

If banded swamp reed tea houses have been standing in S. Iraq for the past 3-5,000 years then we ought to be able to build pre-fab sky scrapers out of banded bamboo strips. I see them in my mind, inspired by bees nest and Legos.

Please visit our site and updated drawings of our Perma Yurt design, which is merely a logical beginning:

http://bambitat.com/

http://bamboocompetition.com/spages/1420-03.html

We seek help, of all kinds, so we can develop and share this deceptively simple sustainable arch vision with the world. Seeking investment partners to become a hybrid For/Non Profit housing operation. Imagine “What If? Patagonia were to team up with Habitat for Humanity? Thats where we are headed.

Slow and steady wins the race…The next step is a full scale prototype, optimally at the Bamboo Tech facility in Saigon, Vietnam. This is the egg that will give birth to an entirely new species of sustainable architecture.

Please feel free to contact me off our site for more information. I am currently back in upstate NY to address hip and shoulder injuries, but have prototype parts with me.

Your time and consideration is greatly appreciated!

Whirled Peas,

Joshua Doolittle

]]> By: Richiehttp://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/18/hale-county-animal-shelter-by-new-rural-studio-2/comment-page-1/#comment-67834 Richie Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:20:18 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/01/18/hale-county-animal-shelter-by-new-rural-studio-2/#comment-67834 It's great that something was built. And the use of materials is definitely a creative stretch of existing norms. So it's a very nice effort in that respect. I do wish that some of the humanizing concepts of Christopher Alexanders "The Timeless Way of Building" could have been factored into the design process of this dwelling place for animals, however. I wonder how joyous their experience will be at this location... as it seems mostly dark and exposed to the elements at the same time ? For many dogs, this will be their last stop in life, after lives that were devoid of much Joy and care. So wouldn't it be great to create something that gave them something more than this ? I don't know exactly what... but something more comforting, fun, and that had options for privacy and group experience, etc. ? It’s great that something was built. And the use of materials is definitely a creative stretch of existing norms. So it’s a very nice effort in that respect. I do wish that some of the humanizing concepts of Christopher Alexanders “The Timeless Way of Building” could have been factored into the design process of this dwelling place for animals, however. I wonder how joyous their experience will be at this location… as it seems mostly dark and exposed to the elements at the same time ? For many dogs, this will be their last stop in life, after lives that were devoid of much Joy and care. So wouldn’t it be great to create something that gave them something more than this ? I don’t know exactly what… but something more comforting, fun, and that had options for privacy and group experience, etc. ?

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