This centralized drying system reflects the early Soviet industrial design philosophy, adaptively repurposing heavy ventilation concepts for public services.

  • came_apart_at_Kmart [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 days ago

    lol, i didn’t realize my design philosophy was so soviet.

    you know those attic fans people have? i have long been haunted by this idea of repurposing greenhouse scale ventilation systems for cycling air in a small residence. like, after it gets cooler at night outdoors than in, just flicking a switch to run a 45 second cycle to exhaust all the indoor air with outside air using some monster rated greenhouse fans and big ass intake shutters on the shady, cool side.

    its probably stupid for any number of reasons, noisy as hell, shit blowing all over the goddamn place when it runs a cycle… but that period of early evening when its cool out but stuffy in the house is such bullshit.

    • Carl [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      9·
      6 days ago

      The residential version of what you’re describing is a “whole house fan”, and they definitely work! The biggest difference is that you can’t cool the whole house in 45 seconds because the walls would still be hot even if you replaced all of the air, so a slower constant breeze is needed to convect heat away from them (and is also better for noise and not creating a wind tunnel in your living room)

    • reader [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      6 days ago

      This reminds me of the whole house vacuum!

      I’ve seen 2 or 3 houses now which have the plumbing for these still, basically just a powerful vacuum in the basement, with tubes in the walls going to ports in every room. Then the actual vacuum you use is just an extension hose attached to a vacuum head on a stick. None of them have been still in operation sadly, I’d love to try it. Its stupid honestly, but I find it so charming. it must be much quieter too!