William Lishman famous Canadian underground home underground geodesic domes.

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2 жыл бұрын

A quick video showing off some of the homes construction as well as a clip from country roads at the end of Bill talking about it.
I would love comments and to know what you think I may make a follow up video with the family and the house in its current modern state one day.

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@ChrisOfChin 2 ай бұрын

Just recently watched the segment about Mr. Lishman's home on "Weird Homes" (1998) and started delving into various videos including this one. I've only just recently entered my 20's, also in Ontario, and these videos have inspired something in me, given me something I truly want to work towards. I thank you for posting this. Given the state of the province/country and housing market, it is already absurdly difficult to purchase a small Bungalo in a suboptimal location. Pricing is ridiculously high, foreign buyers are a major problem and so on. I can only imagine the funding required in sourcing the materials for this housing project, and not only that, but the various advisers and consultants he had spoken with, also presuming he wasn't able to do the heating and plumbing himself(?), and also even the price of that amount of land particularly in the modern day! And assuming somebody wanted to do something similar, without the Do-It-Yourself ability that Bill Lishman had, you're looking at even more money in labor costs. Hopefully this isn't a pipe dream, because this random accidentally stumble upon Bill and his housing project has really inspired me. I haven't really had any sort of dream or goals or larger aspirations in life, just to be happy and have a family perhaps haha. However this has pretty much solidified an actual long-term desire in my mind for the first time in many many years. My father does framing carpentry and recently showed interest with involving me in the trade, here's to hoping that my life path can lead me to a nice quiet living somewhat akin to his Earth-integrated home.

@robsyoutube 2 ай бұрын

His son geordie lishman has a prototype of a much lower cost alternative to this that is above ground. They can be pumped out quickly as well and easily. He also has a modular one he wants to produce. Its not been publicly shown off but it was created to help address the housing crisis. That said if you want to see this issue resolved. I think key would be for Doug Ford to start caring. Get people who were kicked out of pickering lands for that airport that never happened involved in ensuring that the land they were expropriated from is properly repurposed for a strong community with a community garden and proper community center. And for the federal government to ban ownership of more than 2 residences per person, as well a corporate owned detached dwellings. Those foreigners you mention were already kicked out of personal ownership in 2022. They responded by buying with Canadian corporations they registered and leasing/renting them out. The issue is easy to solve but would probably hurt the GDP a bit since they lost most industry and tech companies to the USA and never made an effort to address that.

@ChrisOfChin 2 ай бұрын

@@robsyoutube Thank you for the amazing response. Looks like I have more to look into regarding these housing developments! The Lishman family really seems extraordinary, his son sounds like his spitting image (from what I've just read). I am actually from the Pickering/Ajax region and I had always heard about the airport proposals and though I was far too young to understand the situation, even I, as a pre-teen was opposed just from the civilian perspective. Any time the airport was mentioned, be it from a preteen/teenager or an adult, it was always accompanied with criticism and disagreement with the proposals. I had no idea that people were actually displaced from their homes, (looks like this was under Pierre Trudeau) and being here going on 22 years now, I never even knew about Brougham... And now we are seeing the same sort of sentiment it seems with the Pickering Town Centre and the development of the "Pickering City Centre". We also had the casino in the last few years... Truthfully I was and still am too ill-informed or educated to discuss economics and politics but I am happy to have learned more from your comment. I am not sure the reasoning for the proposed airport, whether it was to support Toronto's growth/infrastructure in some way or if it is just a way to boost the economy (or both?). All I can say, from a civilian perspective, having been here all my life-- is that I absolutely detest the idea of further urbanization and growth in this region. We already get swamped if Kingston/Bayly/some lanes on the 401 get closed, the added traffic and population density would deter me from living here full stop. I've already seen the culture I grew up with essentially destroyed/displaced, and to see my home town completely transformed would be the ultimate kick in the balls. Recently went for some silly road trips further north than I have usually been (went to Port Perry/Scugog area, Lindsay, Orillia) and it felt.. nostalgic though I had never been. Much more residential, communal, I don't know the words but it just felt different, and better. Breaths of fresh air even in spite of passing by the condominium housing projects that will be listed for 1.x million dollars at a minimum...

@heidim7732 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this! I remember reading about this in an old Harrowsmith magazine. It took me some searching before I found your video, so that I can share it with friends.