natural building 1
DESCRIPTION
Natural building examples from throughout the world to give a context of what can be done with abundant materials. Examples include Earthships, roundhouses, cob, wattle and daub, and light clay straw or light earth. Examples come from California, New Zealand, India, Costa Rica,TRANSCRIPT
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