Cool. Friends of mine and their toddler daughter lived in a small Cambodian village for about a year about 30ish years ago. They said after about a month or two of living there the village got together and got them a front door as a welcome gift because up until that point they didn't have one.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Walled house

Are there houses that aren't?

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

There sure are, especially prevalent in Cambodia

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Is the photo of something else? The image clearly shows a building with walls.

[–] EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

No the photo is correct. They’re two story structures where only the upper floor has any type of wall, and the word wall there is doing a lot of heavy lifting. They aren’t really part of the structure of the house, and can often be detached or opened. Depending on the style of roof they don’t even go all the way up to meet it. The unwalled ground floor isn’t “underneath” the house like one of those stilted New Jersey shore houses, that’s actual living space.

This is opposed to the type of house in OPs post or in the western world where the entire structure is enclosed by permanent walls.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

I guess if you’re a hobbit

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 14 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

That’s a beautiful house. I love that they just said fuck it and let the rain spout spray into the cistern from 5 feet off the ground

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

~~look closer. I think it has one of those rolling out type drain sleaves, that will roll out when it fills and then roll back when its empty~~

upon further review, you are right, it looks like a s-trap on the end

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 4 points 20 hours ago

Looks like a blue s-bend at the end. Would create a gross spot for mosquitoes to grow.

[–] itsviolet@lemmy.world 16 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It’s a variation of this style of rural Khmer house:

[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Are they built in flood-prone areas, or are they just on stilts for fun?

[–] Spuddlesv2@lemmy.ca 3 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I can’t answer for these houses but in northern Australia, where it is incredibly hot and humid, they (used to) build houses like this to improve airflow and help keep the house cooler, as well as for flood protection.

[–] zen@lemmy.zip 2 points 12 hours ago

In Lismore (also Australia), the stilts had to be high because white man built a town where the aboriginals warned it floods routinely. Guess what we found out in 2022? Turns out no matter how tall the stilts are, you'll still get flooded.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 3 points 15 hours ago

Gotta watch out for those un-walled houses though, I knew somebody who got one once… thing looked just like a gazebo.

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 1 points 14 hours ago

Beautiful design

[–] AcidBurn@retrofed.com 4 points 20 hours ago

Looks pretty swanky