One of the best ideas for solarpunk co-housing I’ve seen is Bluelightning42’s post about re-purposing malls on Tumblr. While there has been the mixed use redevelopment of the Arcade in …
Looks like it could be a fun place to live, though I’m concerned about heating and cooling. Where I am, malls cannot survive without massive airconditioning.
Yeah, I’d imagine a building would need some modifications to work well. Though I think that large-space HVAC is a problem that’s already been solved in other contexts, such as large office and academic buildings. Some retrofitting or other architectural adjustments might still be needed, of course. And the plans should definitely be double-checked in light of climate change making current conditions different from how they were whenever each particular mall was built, probably decades ago.
Looks like it could be a fun place to live, though I’m concerned about heating and cooling. Where I am, malls cannot survive without massive airconditioning.
Yeah, I’d imagine a building would need some modifications to work well. Though I think that large-space HVAC is a problem that’s already been solved in other contexts, such as large office and academic buildings. Some retrofitting or other architectural adjustments might still be needed, of course. And the plans should definitely be double-checked in light of climate change making current conditions different from how they were whenever each particular mall was built, probably decades ago.