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crock703 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
numerous decades, most of them
crock703 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
check their website (google: earthships, michael reynolds)
They've built them in Scotland, Japan (coastal I think), the Netherlands.. so that covers wet.
They've also done them in Nicaragua (more mountain), Jamaica, other Caribbean locations, Hawaii, and the Bay of Bengal (as Tsunami assistance).. so there's hot humid and coastal.
These houses are awesome
skates1979 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
My bad, it's the Tengar Desert.
cvcazale3 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I think Earthships use passive solar design (tilt the windows/overhang to let light in during the winter and shadow in the summer)
The tires are a good insulator, which probably keeps a lot of the humidity out.
I don't know details, however, so don't take my word for it.
cvcazale3 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
And how many years and stones did it take?
lastnameathan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
what the fuck are you writing? i dont understand it.
Shebaqueenof (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
How do they work with hot humid coastal climates? I have long been a fan of rammed earth housing...
skates1979 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The Great Wall of China extends for miles and miles into the Gobi Desert using compressed earth and straw.
puertoirish (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I see where you're coming from but the message is very real and to the point.
batukhan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
That's not the future. The future would be, whatever houses the other 5.4 billion people, who don't so much money that they don't have anything else to do than build houses out of beercans and ride motorcycles in the desert. |
