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[tvoivozhd <tvoivozd AT infionline.net>]

http://www.bsu.edu/classes/norman2/archutila/topic13.pdf#search='vernacular%20stilt%20house' 



tvoivozhd---I lived for many years in the tropics around the world, 
where a stilt house is the most comfortable solution. particularly if 
coupled with tree shade on the roof and shrubs on the ground which focus 
diurnal breezes to and under the house. Install hinged panels there 
which open toward the breeze and cause the breeze to flow upward through 
a porous bed-mat. If you can make the shrubs and trees perform a dual 
function, so much the better, i.e. focus the breeze and repel mosquitos.