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  • From: tvoivozhd <tvoivozd AT infionline.net>
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  • Subject: [Homestead] Tropical stilt houses
  • Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 18:38:11 -0500

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.






  • [Homestead] Tropical stilt houses, tvoivozhd, 01/09/2005

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