Complex Domes Kelly and Rosana Hart's ear thbag/pap ercrete hom e com pl eted i n 2000. Th i s 1250 sq.ft. hom e was m ade with the earth bag s filled with socria (crushed volcan i c stone) and covered with papercrete plaster. The passiv e solar design perf orm s well at over 8,000 ft. in the Colorado mou ntains. La Casa Vergarawas designed by José Andrés Valle jo an d bu i l t i n Bogotá, Colombia in just 5 month s, early in 2011. Th e design ex pl ores th e poten ti al ofseism ic resistance with superadobe as the construction techn ology and contemprary design. Th e cost per m 2 is estimated at $300 USD (about $28/sq.ft.), making it a robust altern ativ e for h ousing with l ow cost an d high bioclim atic performance. T h is Ear thbag Clinicin the Philippines was coordinated by Illac Diaz , the young Phillipin e vision ary wh o has sp earheaded m any such earth bag pro ject s i n the area, including several schools. T here is no text describing the process ofbu ilding, bu t the many ph otos tell m ost ofthe story . You will notice that th e bag material was rem oved after the fill had set u p an d before th e buildi n g was plastered. Featured are the Ea r th bag Domes ofAkio Inoue ofT en ri University , Japan. He assisted building these on the university campus, at an earth quake site near Jamnagar, India, and in Entebe, Uganda. T hese domes are bein g con sidered for use as refu g ee shelters in the reg ion, because they provide goodprot ecti on from bullets, f ire, wind, an d rain . Using a techn ique developed by Cal Earth in Calif orn ia, architect Nader Kahlili worked with th e Pegas us Chi ld r en's Pr oj ec t to build a sm all sustainable villag e ofov er 40 "super adobe domes" to provide perm anen t shelter. T his project accomm odates 80 children, 10 staff, an d a small sch ool near Kath m andu , Nep al, i n th e Himalaya Mou ntain s - the first of its kind f or the region . Hootenanny in BajaT ogether with the earth , sun , and sea, we will craf t an abode ofbeau ty , si m pl i ci ty and comfort. Working together, we'll ex pan d ou r h ori z on s - how to build a saf e andbeau ti ful home f or a sm al l cost. I m ade the pro ject u n der t i m e, a little over budget, and am signif icantly happier with the result than I had envision ed. So, I'm a happy m an. Uganda Ecovillage . In 2008 Sunny Tsai volu nteered to assist a team oftwo architects and eight prof essors, under the direction of Akio In oue ofT en ri University , Japan, to construct an ecovillage by Lake Victoria, Ug anda, East Africa. T his ecovillage was designed by architect Kikuma Watan abe ofthe Kochi Univ ersity of T echn ology .
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Complex DomesKelly and Rosana Hart's ear
thbag/pa
per
crete hom
e
com
pleted in
2000. T
his
1250 sq.f
t. hom
e was m
ade with the earth
bag
s f
illed with socria (crushed volcan
ic
stone) and covered with papercrete plaster. T
he passiv
e solar design perf
orm
s well
at over 8,000 f
t. in the Colorado mou
ntains.
La Casa Vergara
was designed by José Andrés Valle
jo and built in
Bogotá, Colombia in just 5 mon
th
s, early in 2011. T
h
e design ex
plores the
potential of
seism
ic resistance with superadobe as the construction
techn
ology
and contemprary
design. T
h
e cost per m
2 is estimated at $300
USD (about $28/sq.f
t.), making
it a robust altern
ativ
e f
or h
ousing with
low
cost an
d high bioclim
atic perf
ormance.
T
his Ear
thbag Clinic
in the Philippines was coordinated by Illac Diaz
, the
young
Phillipin
e vision
ary who has spearheaded man
y such
earth
bag
pro
jects in
the area, including
several schools. T
here is no text describing
the process of
bu
ilding, bu
t the many
photos tell most of
the story
. You
will notice that th
e bag
material was rem
oved af
ter the f
ill had set u
p an
d bef
ore th
e build
in
g was
plastered.
Featured are the Ea
rthbag Domes of
Akio Inoue
of
T
en
ri University
, Japan. He
assisted building these on the university campus, at an
earth
quake site near Jamn
agar,
India, and
in Entebe, Uganda. T
hese domes are bein
g con
sidered f
or use as ref
u
gee
shelters in
the reg
ion, because they provide good
protection f
rom bullets, f
ire, wind,
an
d rain
.
Using a techn
ique developed by
Cal Earth
in Calif
orn
ia, architect Nader Kahlili
worked with
th
e Pegasus Children's Project
to build a sm
all sustainable villag
e
of
ov
er 40 "super adobe domes"
to provide perm
anen
t shelter. T
his project
accomm
odates 80 children, 10 staf
f
, an
d a small sch
ool near Kath
m
andu, Nepal,
in
th
e Himalaya Mou
ntain
s - the f
irst of
its kind f
or the region
.
Hootenanny in Baja
T
ogether with the earth
, sun
, and sea, we will craf
t
an
abode of
beauty, sim
plicity and com
f
ort. Workin
g together, we'll
ex
pand our horizons - h
ow to build a saf
e and
beau
tif
ul home f
or a sm
all
cost. I m
ade the pro
ject under tim
e, a little over budget, and am signif
icantly
happier with the result than I h
ad envision
ed. So, I'm
a happy m
an.
Uganda Ecovillage
. In 2008 Sunn
y T
sai volu
nteered to assist a team of
two architects and eight prof
essors, under the direction of
Akio In
oue of
T
en
ri University
, Japan, to construct an ecovillage by
Lake Victoria,
Ug
anda, East Af
rica. T
his ecovillage was designed by architect Kikum
a
Watan
abe of
the Kochi Univ
ersity of
T
echn
ology
.
Jorg
e Dominguez
h
as been hel
ping his f
riend
Mark Hanson
build the f
irst Code
Permitted Haw
aiian Dome Home
. T
his is a copy of
a desert earthbag dome
ad
apted to su
per heavy rain. It took Mark like a year to get his perm
it. Lots of
patience requ
ired
. T
his d
om
e is going to be sold to a retired couple. It is not
mean
t f
or a f
amil
y with kids.
T
he J
oshua
Tr
ee Home
is the eventual residen
ce of
Mark R
eppert. It is a dou
ble
eco dome desig
ned by Cal-Earth. San Bernardino County gave Mark a perm
it to
build
the h
ouse. The bu
ilding reg
u
lations there are some of
the toug
hest in the
coun
try
. We were an international crew of
builders. T
h
ere were 5 core builders
with extra volun
teers on occasion
.
T
he W
arsaw
Dome
pro
ject was built in Polan
d as a dem
onstration of
in
expensive,
sustainable building
techniques that oth
ers m
igh
t em
ploy. T
his is on
e of
m
any such
pro
jects initiated by the Earth, Han
ds, and Houses organization f
ounded by Paulina
Wo
jciechowska, au
thor of
Building with Earth: A Guide to Flexible-F
orm
Earthbag Construction
.
T
wo retain
in
g
walls and the beginning of
an earth
bag
tube dom
e hom
e in Midpines
,
Calif
ornia. "Michele an
d Sara-Ann
standing nex
t to ou
r f
irst window f
orm
. We're f
ast
approaching 3000 f
eet as of
April 5, 2007."
Hom
eG
rown HideAway
s, a natu
ral bu
ilding sch
ool in
Kentucky helped John
Capillo build h
is Kentucky Dome Home
wh
ile running a workshop to teach
people the f
undamentals of
earthbag building. T
he code of
f
icials were incredibly
open to new things and gav
e John
his perm
it withou
t hassle. His design has a 16
f
oot dome with a larger circle coming of
f
the dom
e that has a wooden roof
.
Krpasu
ndarananda is a Meditation teacher with Ananda Marga and