Obsoleteness IV - Buildings
How did it come to the point that humankind builds ever bigger and higher houses? Spends more and more material for them and after no one wants to maintain those buildings any more they get dilapidated and eventually become ruins, standing there for all to see their obsolescence. No-one cares where the materials came from as long as they are cheap enough. Before, the buildings were stones and unpainted wood – easy to recycle. Next, it was bricks, cement, steel, and the facades were mortar – the recycling could still be done at least by grinding. Now, with this sustainability craze people started insulating the facades with a thick layer of Styrofoam insulation glued to the material the walls were made of. Sometimes, if the walls aren't dry enough before the insulation works, black mold starts growing on the whole façade through paint. Now, this combination of bricks, cement, Styrofoam, and paint doesn't seem to be so easily recyclable. So, what's going to be or how it’s going to look like after those buildings become obsolete? Some new materials separation process, maybe? Or, is this combination going to be a material for the “warm bricks” of the future?
I guess it all boils down to competition. People want to build something bigger than what other people built. It's the way it goes. As to the material, it used to be that toxic things like asbestos were used to line structures. But now, I'm happy to see a lot of sustainable buildings that are not only durable but eco-friendly as well.
Well, I don't know if it's only competition. Here, people started building bigger houses because the circumstances were economically favorable and stable, so they have built the 1st floor for their children, and left it at the 4th phase - rough installations were built in. Besides they spent most time outdoors, either at work or farming. Now it's different, more like you say, except for sustainable. I'm not sure about that, at least here. Paints are certainly poison, even though they have a paint that functions as an insulator, as well. PasivDom company in Ukraine even prints house parts now. Personally, I prefer those little - sometimes even self made - houses or hoses made out of straw bales - but this can only be done if the area building plans permit.
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