From Haim, a reader in Hungary: “What gets me about the [building] permits in America is they are basically useless. Consider: – Hurricanes in Florida – Fires in California – Cold as Siberia upper peninsula Michigan The above 2x4s and drywall just don’t hold up well. People slave their whole life just to not be … Read more
La Casa Vergara was designed by José Andrés Vallejo and built in Bogotá, Colombia in just 5 months, early in 2011. I am delighted to see that professional architects are beginning to accept earthbag technology as a viable approach to building. La Casa Vergara is a fine example of an upscale home that is built … Read more
“As a picture is worth a thousand words, we put a small assembly of the first days in the construction of a dome. With this panorama you can see from the ground up to the first holes for windows. We will keep putting more pictures as we go. BACK TO EARTH IS BACK TO HOME … Read more
There are lots of great earthbag projects we can learn from. Here are some of my favorites. Freeform Earthbags Between Boulders (cover shot on my Earthbag Building Guide) La Casa de Tierra Somos Children’s Village Half Moon Earthbag Earthship Beyond 90 Degrees by Nelly Higginbotham Sabana de Bogota by Jose Andres Vallejo Uganda Ecovillage by … Read more
The number of new earthbag videos is growing fast. I did a quick check yesterday and found quite a few new ones. Many of them are in other languages and probably won’t make it onto our Video page, so I’ll post them here on the blog. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkhfzCbT_fE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HCoLhqj4fY&feature=g-vrec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExYPG5pJdgE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODUj3bKA_pE&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGX7y_hK5u0&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEOihnulpmA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s80_rSOygR8&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekj-vws63II&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITqg445P7hg&feature=related … Read more
From Leah Petriccione: In this semester long “Global Studio,” the goal was to design a primary school and community center located in Kyekyewere, Ghana. After designing the individual classrooms, as well as furniture pieces, in pairs we took on the conceptual community spaces that would accompany the school. Primary school children’s needs within the space … Read more