Eco Factor: Self-sufficient habitat to house global warming refugees underground.
With the increase in greenhouse gases and the continuous emissions of harmful gases to suffice the planet’s need for energy and technology, global warming does seem inevitable. While the world is getting more conscious out the environment and the need to prevent such a disaster, futuristic designers have started thinking about the habitats of the possible millions of global warming refugees.
Reynard Loki and Jennifer Daniels are thinking about future living units which could house all those people in deserts in self-sufficient underground homes, which they call Underground Desert Living Units or simply ULDU. If global warming does strike at its full potential, people will be made to shift their habitats to drier places such as deserts, where they can afford to live on the land or probably below it.
The underground dwellings are designed to be powered by solar and wind energy generators which will be mounted above the surface. A solar-powered greenhouse and an air purifier system will also be mounted on the surface to provide the inhabitants with food and clean air.
The design does seem an interesting proposal for a future, which no one would actually like to see. However, the designer doesn’t answer some really important questions like, where will the inhabitants get clean water to drink, especially if the home has to be built in a desert, what will be used to construct the building and how will food be grown in such dry areas.
Via: GreenProphet
