Iglu
Snow-block dome
Born in Arctic (Inuit, Canada, Greenland).
How it works
Blocks of wind-packed snow are spiralled into a self-supporting dome. The snow is full of trapped air, so it insulates; a sunken entry tunnel traps the coldest air below the sleeping platform, and body heat glazes the inside into a wind-tight shell.
In a modern home
The compact, wind-shedding dome and the cold-trap sunken entry inform super-insulated, airtight forms and heat-recovering vestibules in extreme-cold design.
What it answers
Source
Inuit snow-house (iglu); documented thermal performance of compacted snow.
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