natural building 1

Earthships

1.Recycled Materials2.Solar/Thermal Heating and Cooling3.Water Harvesting4.Wastewater Treatment5.Solar/Wind Electricity6.Food Production

#1 Recycled Materials: Tires, Cans, Bottles

#2 Solar/Thermal Heating and Cooling

#3 Water

Harvesting

#4 Wastewater Treatment

Graywater slide

#5 Solar Electricity

Food Production

#6 Food Production

Last shot, 1/09

May

Light EarthLight EarthSand, Clay, woodchip mixed lightly and placed in a form and lightly tamped

Waddle and DaubWaddle and Daub

Waddle- woven latticework of wooden stakes; Daub is clay, sand, and straw mix application

Cob Mix with Earthen PlastersCob Mix with Earthen Plasters

Equal parts sand and clay mixed with long straw fibers

Clay, Sand, and finely chopped fiber

Celtic Earthen Celtic Earthen RoundhouseRoundhouse

13 Timber Ceiling

Aesthetics combined with FunctionAesthetics combined with Function

Glass Bottle inset providing light and art

Candle Holder and light reflector

Cob OvenCob OvenThick Walls

creating thermal mass and no

chimney to hold heat

Cob Cob CreationsCreations