Human terrarium
By Fleur
@Fleura (30191)
United Kingdom
May 20, 2021 6:43am CST
There’s a fashion at the moment for designing buildings with lots of glass, so as to flood the interior with plenty of natural light. This can be a really nice feature for a building in the middle of nowhere, but might not be so good for a place that is overlooked.
We saw this building, which I guess is some sort of ‘garden room’ one day when walking along the river. It made me think of a terrarium for people. You could stand on the towpath and just watch the people inside, like going to the zoo.
I wonder if the fish in the river watch the people in the glass case, just as we watch fish in an aquarium?
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@merrybelle2021 (1393)
• Philippines
20 May 21
I guess all glass would work in places where there's not enough sun. The light and warmth would be welcome.
I don't think I can last long inside a windowless structure.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16749)
• China
24 May 21
Picture me staying inside it in thunderstorm weather,I would be frightened out of my life.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16749)
• China
25 May 21
@Fleura Although it doesn't conduct the lightning,you would be scared stiff -feeling you are in the open air.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
20 May 21
glass rooms and buildings can get too hot and stuffy too and glass is quite fragile
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
21 May 21
That is very interesting, but very public too, as you say. If it is all glass with no screens, it could be quite warm on a hot day.
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@erictsuma (9726)
• Mombasa, Kenya
20 May 21
I have never seen such house before
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@Virtually2021 (828)
• Southend-On-Sea, England
20 May 21
I had not previously heard of this but I don't like the sound of it. I was reading online about some compatriots who agreed to spend two years sealed inside a 3-acre terrarium in the Sonoran Desert. Their mission back in the 1990s: to see whether humans might someday be able to create self-sustaining colonies in outer space.
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@Virtually2021 (828)
• Southend-On-Sea, England
20 May 21
@Fleura I didn't read the conclusion unfortunately.
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@Entropa123 (114)
• Colombia
24 May 21
I love your idea about fish in aquariums, curiously I think they observe us in the same way. I also believe that glass architectures are a form of exhibition of human activity.
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