LAVA-Volcanic Architecture

Step #1:

• To develop a building system able to match, then exceed, current building systems.  

• Step #1 is complete & gaining popularity

 

Step #2:

• To spark the creativity behind new design, new tech, new understanding etc, leading to better & longer-range architectural solutions:

• To encourage multi-generational, maintenance-free design that captures local energy and rainwater resources and supports local habitation and vegetation.

• Replace the 30 yr. lifecycle, high-maintenance house, supported by rat-race weeks & fix-it weekends, with a 500 yr. heirloom house generating extra time for rest, recharge and forward oriented creativity

• Man-made architecture to coordinate with natural rhythms, such as day/night energy and seasonal rain/growth cycles

• Design innovations made easy by the efficiencies of LAVA's simple building methods   

 

On the horizon: 

• Walls that can be tuned to uniquely respond to exterior orientation and interior use.

• Technology that allows roofs and walls to be biased toward absorbing cool and resisting heat, or vice-versa.

• Natural heating and cooling using the day-night cycle; integrating day-night temperatures