Note: The following list will help you get a big picture of what PyraPOD can help you grow your own food and even design your own shelter. The code in brackets is for each particular design with specific dimensions and use. Note that all the following designs intrinsically incorporate the collection of clean distilled water…
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PyraFARM represents refined and simplified version of large scale greenhouses that Richard Nelson constructed in early 90’s. Beside simplifying the structure and double-layer cover designs, we add this time a full set of aquaponics fish tanks, mobile grow beds and work platforms to the inside, making it an indoor and all-climate greenhouse that is easy…
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While I have been thinking about setting up a self-hosted version of Discourse, I got great news from the Discourse team: they have granted us a free version! Here is the URL: pyrapod.discourse.group Now we have a public forum. Cheers!
This video is recompiled with some images added to the beginning and ending of the original video made by Cedric Born. Thank Richard Nelson for guiding our in-house designer Yang Zhou to do the Sketchup 3D frame work design based on which Cedric Born finished this wonderful visualization process.
The following video shows how one can attach four cube-like LifePODs to an enlarged version of PyraPOD8 to form a greenhouse-living hybrid structure, while four of this hydrid units form an even large community living complex that has a court yard in the middle. This way we can easily create an eco-village. Someone in UK…
This video combines two parts, the first part shows the minor adjustments to the pyramid structure on top of PyraPOD4, while the second part shows how four cube-like mini houses can be combined with PyraPOD8 to form a complex, which kills two birds with one stone: live in the mini houses while grow greens and…
After finishing the second design of BubbleBox, my friend Anthony Paul built one out of wood. Note that BubbleBox is the central portion of PyraPOD4/8. For those who are familar with the first and second designs of BubbleBox, his build is a mixture of the two. He is fast! Take a look…
Richard Nelson found Yanis Varoufakis’ TED speech today and passed it to me. After I watched and listened, a good chat spins out of this between Richard and me. As for the “Twin Peaks” Yanis mentioned in his speech, it can also be expressed as a huge pile of capitals of finding no where to…