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Åzurε September 11th, 2009 11:08 AM

Earthbags! And other alternative construction.
 
I was just wondering if anybody here had an interest in unusual buildings and materials. I found earthbags when my mom got a Mother Earth News Magazine... It seems like a good way to live, actually. Essentially what you do is... fill bags with earth. And use them to make a house or shed. Google it for more detailed explanation I don't feel like giving.

Discuss, I suppose, and any other interesting building projects would belong here too.

Tacogeddon September 11th, 2009 11:51 AM

Although concrete isn't unusual, average residential homes made out of poured concrete are really rare. I'd feel pretty safe living in a bunker-house.

txteclipse September 11th, 2009 12:04 PM

I like barebones houses that show off the materials used to make them. No paint, no drywall, just solid steel and grainy wood and shiny glass. <3

Timbjerr September 11th, 2009 3:48 PM

As a civil engineer student, I've heard of earthbags before...they're supposed to be great insulators during the summer and winter...especially if you dig your home out of the ground and build an earthbag structure over the top. It's like a three-story house, but only the top floor is visible from the outside landscape. :D

My personal interests, however, lie in designing residential space-stations in the near future. :O

aurevesque September 11th, 2009 5:03 PM

umm...didn't the pioneers back in the day make houses out of sod?
isn't that sorta like the bags of earth? only messier.
iheard in Nat.Geo. they're working on this house made out of trees that are still growing. like they twist the branches or something and keep it trimmed and all. well, it doesn't sound good when i put it down but it really was interesting.

Esper September 11th, 2009 8:06 PM

I've heard of this stuff called cob, which sounds like these earthbags in that it's mostly dirt and sand and clay and things like that. It's supposedly very cheap, a good insulator, and you can make any kind of shapes out of it.

I also saw this video about a steel house a guy is making. Looks pretty nifty.


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