Future Vision: Construction Sins of Today

Just a serious question, not only because it concerns us personally but purely out of interest, why do so many here think that a gable roof without eaves is a fashion trend, and why should that be considered a building sin in the future?

There are indeed regions in Germany where a gable roof without eaves is part of the cultural heritage and historical appearance.

I wondered about that too, it depends on the region and is not a fashion trend.
A roof overhang is definitely better for the house.. but we don’t have one either.

Above all, all the proprietary crap that won’t be supported anymore in 2 years

What one can say in my opinion is that everything that is fixed-in technology, which cannot be replaced, is trash in 20 years. See ISDN sockets with the corresponding wiring. We had someone here recently who asked if those were ISDN sockets in his old house. Today, that’s unusable.

You happen to be touching on my area of expertise. The crux of the matter is the network topology: a structured star wiring creates a crucial foundation on which protocols & co can then happily change. Most ISDN sockets are quickly replaced by suitable sockets; the relatively worst problem lies at layer eight (in the form of the bundled crumpling aside of the white wires). In very rare cases, what is embedded in the plaster is truly worthless – only often a layman is overwhelmed to put it back in order.

There is a house in the neighborhood that an architect built for himself. It is completely clad in anthracite, pitched roof, naturally anthracite,

The architect himself is probably – including his car – also clad in anthracite.

Those are not building sins, but state of the art...

I see no contradiction there – just think of the revolutionary idea around 90 years ago of the “electric window lifter” for retractable panoramic terrace windows. I saw a film contribution a few months ago in which fortunately the socialist improvisation-trained caretaker of Villa Tugendhat spoke about his difficult work.

Which car is still operated with a key today? Nobody would have thought that 20 years ago either.

Anyone who has ever locked themselves out of their car without a metal keyhole certainly did not spend the involuntary hotel night thinking: oh great, I definitely want to install this brilliant concept in my house.

- "Light pollution" / Overillumination: Up & downlights at 1.50m intervals on all exterior walls,

I could imagine that some municipalities learn from this and use adaptive street lamps that measure ambient light and dim themselves down when the private lighting alone is sufficient.

a you happen to be touching on my area of expertise. The crux of the matter is the network topology: a structured star cabling creates a fundamental basis on which protocols & co. are then free to change as they please. Most ISDN sockets are quickly replaced by suitable sockets, the relatively worst problem lies at layer eight (in the form of the bundled crumpling aside of the white wires). In the very rarest cases, what’s embedded in the plaster is truly worthless – only often a layperson is overwhelmed to put it back in order.

What exactly does the expert do with four unshielded wires, other than ripping them out?

Who has ever locked themselves out of their car without a metal keyhole

That has never happened to me. And who is supposed to lose an RFID chip between their thumb and index finger.

What does the expert do with four unshielded conductors, except pulling them out?

The one who originally installed it was hopefully also an expert and laid the four conductors properly(!) in the empty conduit. So you simply pull a new medium into the empty conduit—and bam, the system runs.

Self-financed from saved confirmation money

Sorry, that one is really good.

"Bau sins" of tomorrow are mostly fashion trends or technically outdated:
- Dressing rooms at any cost, such as dead ends from the bedroom
- Heating systems with fossil fuels
- too much sealed surfaces
- all the parking space that hopefully is no longer needed
- living rooms oriented around a television
- what suddenly turns out to be unhealthy - maybe forced ventilation systems