For more information on architecture in warm and humid areas, as well as hot and dry areas, and temperate/upland areas, check out this webpage: tinyurl.com/y9fm4qrc
Just wow. I'm so glad Artifexian pointed me in the direction of this channel. You really must be knowledgeable in so many aspects of anthropology, design, and natural science to build such an immersive world. I gave up the world I was building because it just felt so shallow, but thanks to you and your videos, I think I'm going to give it another shot using the depth and research you obviously utilize so well in the world that your're creating. Since I'm trying to write an interplanetary sci-fi setting, I'll definitely need to employ some of the lessons I've learned from RU-vidrs like Artifexian and Issac Arthur. But culture and geographical building will certainly benefit from watching these videos. Thanks, Ewa.
You unintentionally, or maybe intentionally, did a great architectural explanation of the best principles to use in subtropical and tropical humid region constructions. Thanks for the help on my test.
Idk but the building feels very Indonesian. Thatch, tiered roof, stilt floor. Even the direction it's facing to! In fact I will not be surprised if I find this kind of houses in my hometown :)
Oh I also recognized the first two house photos: the first is a traditional Batak house in northern Sumatra, while the second I guess comes from the Lesser Sunda Islands (maybe Sasak house?)
The second one is a Sumba house! I really love Indonesian vernacular architecture, every single type of house is its own ingenious solution to dealing with the climate.
Worldbuilding Notes Ah yes Sumba people! They are unique in their own way. Most of their environment are hills and savannahs. They also have unique tradition such as Pasola mock fight. I've always wanted to go to their island. Indonesia is too huge, even domestic travel from western to eastern part can be more expensive than travelling from western part to nearby country such as Thailand or Malaysia haha.
I think you're forgetting an important part, people from tropical/subtropical environments find anything lower than 15 degrees cold. Just because it's not European or American cold, doesn't mean it isn't cold to the people that live there. There are many people in Brisbane, and other subtropical areas will definitely tell you that they find Winter to be uncomfortable, despite many of them not even coming close to even seeing snow in the distance. That ventilation system is going to be brutal in Winter since you have the wind running through those foundations. Perhaps using blankets, or more detachable panels to block off the foundation gaps in Winter would be a good idea. 10 degrees isn't going to kill them, but it'll definitely be uncomfortable.
True, I live in the Canary Islands (subtropical) and most cities and villages do not get less than 10 degrees in winter (maybe some villagers in very cold winters do), but it sometimes snows in the mountains so we indeed reach brlow zero temperatures, but only one village gets to have snow nearby because it's way up into the mountain. Oh, and in summers we always get 30~35 degrees somtetimes almost 40 or even 40 during "hot waves".
I live in a place that has summers with 30ºC and Winters close to 0ºC. Let's say there's no human pleased throughout the year, and there's a division between those whom love the summer, those whom love the winter, and those that hate my city. I am the winter-loving one, and one can find me using shorts when there's 5ºC Outside, and anything beyond 20ºC is hot for me, 25ºC I'm sweating and 30ºC I'm dying inside. People from the tropical regions act like the exact opposite from me, and I've seen people here tell that 25ºC is cold and they use jackets at this temperature.
I loved this video. You took many things into consideration that I didn't think about. I have a small island that is in a tropical/subtropical area and so I imagine that it is likely they will also have this sort of weather so this video has been really helpful in making me think about what is needed to make the heat more bearable as at first I had houses that were on the ground and made of thick material but I now realise that this is not a good design for a hot and humid area.
Lady Crow search climatograms and read about the koppen climate classification to understand your weather better Islands don't tend to have such changes in weather throughout the year because the ocean stabilises the weather, so I'd look into it Also search books on climate-specific architecture and cultural references similar to what you have (Inuit for Arctic culture, Indonesian for hot humid weather, that sort of thing) as there're more than one possible approach to making the weather bearable Happy wordbuilding!
@@agustinvenegas5238 Islands have more wind and milder climates, but the sun still burns. If you made an insulated brick house you'd still cook inside.
I'm very impressed by this - in one conworld video you got everything right about building physics and natural ventilation that normally takes a practising building engineer two years to learn!
Personally I would rotate them 90° and position groups of 2 houses that that create Venturi effect(so in V shape) As such air speed would increase or at least would not decrease and there would be pressure difference inside-outside Venturi. And as te temperature go down its important to have as much light as possible. So blinds would be probably best. Also double walls for winter.
Hmm, still poping out amazing world building vids! I remember watching some old vids of yours in which you were speaking in a different language. I loved it! It made me double focus on the video.
My accent is pretty much an affectation I put on. Without it, I would have a pretty thick Slavic accent. And thanks for the nice comment! I'm glad you like my stuff :D
i feel like mud/dirt homes are better for hot and humid climates, because wood will rot fast with the humidity, and dirt will not but dirt is also a good insulator for keeping the heat out. I think thats why there are so many mud/dirt homes in hot places like africa or south america. But the deff have wood homes there too, but i just think dirt makes more sense for a humid climate.
For creating the architecture of your conworld, I recommend this book: tinyurl.com/y9fm4qrc The only issue with it is that it was put together with an Australia/New Zealand audience in mind, so they don't talk about the really cold climates. Otherwise, it has great explanations on architecture for hot deserts, warm and humid areas, and colder upland areas.
Ed Moritz Worldbuilding is technically already creating a story. Most obvious example: history. If you create a world and add history to it, you have a story to start with. You just have to add the specific details of it. Other elements of your world should be integrated naturally to the story, of course. For example, if you're having a conversation with someone and you say, "I went to Australia some weeks ago," you naturally wouldn't go into detail about the entire history of Australia unless it's relevant to the conversation (such as if someone specifically asks). However, if you were to describe the place, pieces of its history would be hinted through your descriptions. I would say to describe things how you would if you wrote about a real life memory. You explain things that are significant. Not everything you come up with is meant to be in a story, but they are at least good to have thought of already while writing. It's like, when you create a character, you not only have to think of their personality, but also things like hobbies, favorite foods, and other mundane things that the reader won't care much about. These things are more for you as the writer to better understand your characters. Same goes for your world. Just a thought.
How do you pick a biome. In your first video how did you release it was a tempered rainforest an£ how did you find out that cold islands are actually not that cold. Sorry for bothering you, I just am having trouble with figuring it out to do in my world building (picking a biome I mean) Thank you for reading
You basically need to learn about what sorts of biomes exist in which places on our own planet, and why those biomes exist there. You can also draw an analogy between a place in your conworld and a real place on Earth. For example, my imaginary river basin is modelled after the Sichuan Basin, so I simply needed to do some research into the climate of the Sichuan Basin. Either way, you need to do research and learn about climate.
It naturally came out of the way everything works in the setting. I wish I could explain it in a comment, but it would just end up turning into an essay.
At this point, I pretty much have. The video "The Queens and Their King" explains a good chunk of the whole matter, though it doesn't address it head-on. But if you've seen that video, then the point about the queens being able to meet only so many people is what's key here. There inevitably are two groups of people: those who have access to the queens, and those who don't. And that determines everything.
If there was a revolt is some area, and it was successful, those peasants would just live, grow old, die, and then that land would be empty for the taking. The peasants reproduce by giving birth to genetic clones to themselves, and in order to do that, they need the aristocratic family who's land they live on to provide them with the tokens imbued with magical fertility-giving powers by one of the queens. So if some peasants refused to play along with the whole arrangement, they'd be unable to reproduce themselves. Everyone is ultimately dependant on the queens.
Oh subtropical? I live in a place like that. Texas has 2383828% humidity lol. Btw subtropical climates are on the east side of continents in case you want to know where they are in relation to the continent My con people live in a Marine climate, like France or Britain
My people are on the east though. The reason there is a marine climate on the east is because it's less humid, so humid continental climates don't really border the water at all
