Between 2009 and 2011, Hubert and Julien built five earthbag structures on the tropical island of Koh Phangan, Southern Thailand. The structures include two darkroom meditation domes, a large 2-room fortress-like toolshed (roughly 1100 earthbags and over 50 metric tons of dirt were used) and a spacious, minimalist, and rather luxurious “cave” house that artfully combines granite, wood and earth.
The house has a 70 sqm ground floor divided into three rooms on 3 levels, topped by a 20 sqm loft. While the earthbag walls elegantly fill gaps between large boulders that were on the property, the double roof structure is elliptic in shape and rests on two massive poles which previously served as main masts on a sailing boat. Corners are entirely absent, and a feeling of peace and tranquility prevails.
Phangan Earthworks earthbag and permaculture workshops in Thailand
What ever happened to these folks. Their website is no longer in existance.
Not sure. It worked a few weeks ago. Maybe it’s a technical problem.
Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing the details!
These folks are great. I had a wonderful time there. Koh Phangan is a famous tropical island paradise. It’s a little pricey and rains a lot but I could get used to it.
This house is on the cover of my earthbag ebook. It’s sooo beautiful inside and out. It may be my favorite earthbag house anywhere. It’s very sculptural, light, airy, open, elegant. Lots of photos online if you search.