Place-Nepal, Mount Everest Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It reaches a total height of 8,848 meters above sea level. It was first climbed in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. There aren't any permanent structures on Everest except for post office at base camp. It is too difficult to build any permanent structures on the mountain because of the altitude and the near constant freezing temperatures. The closest thing to a settlement is base camp, the last camp before the big ascent. After that it is nothing but steep faces and deep snow. If there were to be a building on the mountain it would most likely be to serve as a new base camp, a new building would be a great help to those who risk their lives to climb the mountain. It would need to accommodate around 50 or so people, there would need to be a kitchen area with enough storage for a couple weeks of food,There would need to be running water with hot water readily available as well as a heating syste
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Place-Amazon Rainforest, Brazil The Amazon Rainforest is the world's largest rainforest, filled to the brim with luscious plant life and exotic animals. The dense forest has a very mixed terrain which makes it dangerous as when people are walking around they could suddenly fall down a steep hill without knowing it was there, all the leaves, vines and other plant life make it difficult to see far ahead. From images I can see a lot of buildings on stilts up off the ground to stay safe from the dangers below, and to keep any creepy crawlies at bay, you would want to wake up to a ticklish sensation and find this on your arm. The houses seem to be built from rushes and wood and are usually placed by a river. If I were building a house in the amazon, it would be built off the surrounding trees as supports, with a concrete core built into ground as a foundation. Then it would be built with a mixture of metal and wood to keep the weight down, any wood would have a mud/clay mixt
Place-Mali, Sahara Desert. What is generally know about the Sahara desert is that its made up of sand that stretches as far as the eye can see, houses tend to be made from mud and clay. They seem to be built by hand and left to dry in the sun, there are small amounts of wood, where necessary, and decorated inside with carpets, furniture and traditional ornaments. Obviously they build with mud and clay because there is almost nothing else for miles, and it is easier to build with these materials then to go and find others. They are hand crafted because there aren't many tools that could be used out there. They're one storey tall with flat roofs and light colour. They have approximately one door way, several small windows and a wooden skeleton. The kind of house I would build would be two storeys tall to allow for some overhang to provide shade, this will keep the inside cool, then since warm air rises I would have high roofs to allow keep the warm air away from the inhabita
Hello my name is Colm Breslin. I will be writing my blog about the Geography of Architecture, more specifically, how the environment and geography of a place in the world will affect the shape of the building, the size of the building, the building materials and even the colour of the building. I will explore the differences between buildings all around the world such as buildings in European cities and in the Himalayas, the beaches of Cuba and the forests of the Arctic and many more. Place-Columbia, Coffee Plantation, From what I can see in pictures, Columbian coffee plantations are generally in small valleys defined by small hills that stretch for miles. The most common building materials seem to be wood, clay, slate and small amounts of metal. The houses seem to be one-storey tall, square, white or cream in colour, with roofs that have a soft slant, lots of windows and an outdoor space that surrounds the main part of the house but is covered by the roof. The houses are design