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#Windcatcher

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@JdeB

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Ok, I've watched this interesting clip about a man-made symbiosis for the ingenious fertilizer solution two times. Not being an architect, IDK if the pigeons are staying cool in these "roosting towers" built for them. They might not need an A/C then.

Humans, however, need another solution. And they can be found on the , too, the towers:

mastodon.social/@HistoPol/1123

It really...

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"First, as air is caught by the opening of a wind catcher, it is funneled down to the dwelling below, depositing any sand or debris at the foot of the tower. Then the air flows throughout the interior of the building, sometimes over subterranean pools of water for further cooling. Eventually, warmed air will rise and leave the building through another tower or opening, aided by the pressure within the building." #persian #AC #windcatcher #bâdgir

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@glowl @GreenFire

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...streets and plants a bit of grass in between the stones. The surface cools down considerably. Then, there is the ancient technology of building wind-cooled houses in the that I talked about last year. 2)
If "everyone" were able to cool down their...

2) So-called |s  in the oasis City of with its ( towers):

youtu.be/AiiGznaH0mE

Amazing! old-established AC.
Just watching a documentary about silk road that showed the wind towers/ #badgir of #Yazd, #Iran

A #windcatcher is an architectural device used for many centuries to create natural ventilation in buildings (in hot dry regions/ #deserts). The function of this tower is to catch cooler breeze that prevail at a higher level above the ground and to direct it into the interior of the buildings. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windca