Honestly, whatever makes the most sense with the materials in the local area. And then I don’t mean what you can get from the local hardware store, but literally, what the earth in the area provides. If you have lots of clay, then brick would be best. If you have lots of big stones, then stone construction it’ll be. If you’re deep in the woods, then a wooden building would serve you just right. Maybe a combination of materials and techniques if you have options in the area.
Bonus points if you can build in a way that passively optimises for managing things like moisture and temperature.
honestly I love bricks and hate concrete blocks.
btw what’s the most (not necessarily among these two) sustainable building material, lemmings?
Honestly, whatever makes the most sense with the materials in the local area. And then I don’t mean what you can get from the local hardware store, but literally, what the earth in the area provides. If you have lots of clay, then brick would be best. If you have lots of big stones, then stone construction it’ll be. If you’re deep in the woods, then a wooden building would serve you just right. Maybe a combination of materials and techniques if you have options in the area.
Bonus points if you can build in a way that passively optimises for managing things like moisture and temperature.
Cob and rammed earth are hard to beat if you’ve got the right environment for them
Stone. It’s natural, subject only to the slow erosion of time.
Caves. We should all live in caves.
unfortunately there aren’t that many caves out there and it’s hard to build new.
Yes, but most of us are going to die in climate change and water wars pretty soon.
Edit: im not saying it’s good I’m saying the silver lining is that there will be enough caves.
I’d bet wood is better since if you use it for construction and farm it you can theoretically use it as a carbon sink, and it’s renewable.
What’s the delta on mining and shaping stone vs lumber is the question
Well stone lasts forever barring someone turning big stones into little stones. So I think stone might still come out on top
Adobe is the best of you live in the right environment for it
what?
This adobe, not the company
Hemp