I grew up in a city of mostly rowhomes and I love them. Plan on buying one one day.

You still get walk-ability, sense of community and good population density (not as good as a high-rise but still good), but also more privacy, and the space is more conducive to raising a family than an apartment. Also they’re cute as fuck and people can paint them different colors and have cool little gardens on their porches and stuff.

  • commiewithoutorgans [he/him, comrade/them]English
    8•1 year ago

    That seems to just have increased surface area, making thermal issues worse? They look pretty cool, but seem very ineffective for many of the problems with housing, including the overuse of high environmental impact materials like concrete

    Just seems like it more of an attempt at modularity with a focus on the least necessary things. Something to learn from, I guess, but not very useful

    • JuneFall [none/use name]English
      8•1 year ago

      You are very right. While it looks nice in terms of energy usage it is horrible. Design is also controversial and not ideal imho. Looks fun though.

    • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]English
      1•1 year ago

      As art and as a demonstration of the range of what’s possible, it does well. I don’t think it’s meant to be an example of what a common approach should be though.