The family home of architect Sami Angawi, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Holy shitā¦.
Real life solarpunk.
I just read the links, and omg this is even better.
So I looked at it and knew it was using the open courtyard and the pools and fountains to do a lot of the work of cooling the house, but itās also got drip irrigation for all of those plants (which adds more moisture to the air and also helps cool it in addition to being an effective and efficient way of watering the plants), itās got a roof garden and other eco-conscious stuff. It combines modern construction techniques with classic Arabic art and architecture.
And his home is a cultural center.
He holds lectures, concerts and salons in his home, with guests and speakers from around the world. Heās founded multiple institutions to preserve Islamic history and architecture. Heās an activist against the extremist factions he says are trying to hijack Islam.
His home is going to be part of an international institute offering degrees in Islamic history and science, as his legacy, housing a collection of over one hundred thousands of his photos, drawings and writings about Islam and the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
This is serious real-life Islamic solarpunk for real.
Tumblr likes the idea of solarpunk, even if thereās not a real body of work about it yet. Well, weāre missing that people are already doing this for real, and have been for a long time.
I am not generally an architecture fan. Itās nice and all, but it doesnāt do a lot for me, especially modern American stuff. But I am totally bowled over by this and must now go look at everything heās ever designed.
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Why do Germans use smilies like this :) or this:0 If they already got Ć oh Ć?
I just texted my German friend about this and she replied:
WE DO NOT SMILE IN GERMANY
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I booked myself in for a massage tomorrow with my physio lady cause my jaw and neck are all locked up from the dentist today and it makes you fill out a little questionnaire to better tell your PT what kind of treatment you need. except when I was filling it in Iād just taken a bunch of pain killers and words were hard but then I logged back in to make sure Iād actually booked it and
Reason for your visit?
What kind(s) of pain are you experiencing?
Special Requests
I shouldnāt be laughing, I feel awful, but Iām just imagining you addressing a person this way.
Donāt feel too bad, my physio lady was pissing herself laughing when I showed up. Everytime she tried to pull up my profile to talk about the appointment sheād devolve into hearty chuckling while apologizing continually for laughing at my expense.
And for anyone wondering she was able to ease a considerable amount of the pain. Even while occasionally breaking out into bouts of barely suppressed giggling.
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āThese people are terrified. Maybe we can help a little. Why not, just at the end, just be kind?ā
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āunicorn cheesecakeā @buzzfeedtasty you know damn well this is THE most bisexual dessert to ever grace the earth
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#this entire scene is a fucking masterpieceĀ #the building tension in Barbossaās cabinĀ #the strings in the score rising ominouslyĀ #and then the entire movie turns on a /dime/Ā #āoh okayāĀ #I remember thinkingĀ #āfucking GHOST PIRATESāĀ #it drops from historical swashbuckler to fantasy swashbuckler in one set pieceĀ #in which the rules for how the crew work are given to you purely in visualsĀ #and you get to see that sharp difference between horror-horror and fun horrorĀ #because this scene genuinely terrifies ElizabethĀ #and delights /you/Ā #instead of being awful for both of youĀ #god
itās just so neatly done and raises the stakes for the film and puts
everything into context and adds depth to the charactersĀ #and comes as a complete surpriseĀ #this is all the things you want in a set pieceĀ #we should all aspire to storytelling so economicalĀ #(incidentally so should THE SEQUELSĀ #christ)Ā (via wizzard890)