Illac Diaz of the Philippines has helped mount an exhibit of earthbag building at the La Salle Museum in Costa Rica. He posted lots of photos of the construction at http://illacdiaz.multiply.com/photos.
Archive for May, 2009
Earthbag Exhibit in Costa Rica
Posted in Bag Material, Building Styles, Emergency Shelter, Filling Bags on May 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »
New Earthbag Dome Video
Posted in Arches, Building Styles, Domes, Economics, Emergency Shelter, Filling Bags, Forms, Foundations, Introduction, landscaping, tagged earthbag building, earthbag homes, earthbag dome, sandbag house, sandbag home, sandbag dome, earth dome, dome video, earthbag dome video, sandbag dome video, earth dome video, living roof, green roof on May 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Owen Geiger has a new earthbag video showing how to build earthbag domes. It’s short, fun and lively, yet shows all the important steps.
Arch Entrance made with Earthbags
Posted in Arches, Building Styles, Plasters, landscaping on May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is an interesting use of earthbags to create a self-supporting arched entrance to a park. This was reported in Buffalo Rising of Buffalo, NY. It is part of the Street Synergy Community Garden (which was once a dumping ground), and was created by volunteers. They say that “It’s a solid, inexpensive, creative and earth-friendly [...]
Radio Interview with Kelly Hart
Posted in Bag Material, Building Styles, Economics, Filling Bags, Forms, Insulation, Introduction, Plasters, climate, codes on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In May of 2009, Kelly Hart was interviewed for nearly an hour by Veronica Entwistle for her “Paradigm Shifters” Radio Program, at www.bbsradio.com. Veronica and the station have been kind enough to allow you the opportunity of listening to some or all of this interview directly. Either the entire program, or specific aspects of [...]
Urbancrete
Posted in Economics, Foundations, Introduction, tagged earthbag building, earthbag, earthbag construction, sandbag building, urbancrete, recycled concrete, sustainable foundations, urbancrete foundations on May 19, 2009 | 2 Comments »
My favorite low cost, sustainable foundation method is earthbags filled with gravel on a rubble trench (double-bagged for strength). But it’s always good to have options because each project is a little different.
‘Urbancrete’ is slang for old concrete that has been torn out. Flatwork slabs such as sidewalks and driveways work best. It [...]
Desert Submarines
Posted in Building Styles, Economics, Emergency Shelter, Introduction, climate, history, tagged desert cooling, earthbag, earthbag home, earthbag houses, evaporative cooling, low cost cooling, sandbag building, sandbag home, sandbag houses on May 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Steve over at Utopia Springs sent me a link about a fascinating housing idea for desert areas.
These structures stay cool in the desert (in the 60’s) using just evaporative cooling. The galvanized metal roof is covered with burlap, and water flows down over the top. A small RV pump is adequate to keep [...]
Earthbag Stairs
Posted in Economics, Introduction, Stairs, tagged earthbag building, earthbag home, earthbag house, earthbag stairs, sandbag building, sandbag stairs on May 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Earthbags have proven to be incredibly versatile. They can be used throughout your home for foundations, walls, benches, privacy walls and other uses. And let’s not forget about stairs. Think how much money you can save by using earthbags to build your stairs. And they’re sturdy, too. Here’s a picture of [...]
New Earthbag Videos
Posted in Bag Material, Building Styles, Domes, Introduction, Plasters on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is a fellow in India named Sourabh Phadke who has been uploading many videos to YouTube lately that relate to earthbag building. His general collection of videos is grouped at www.youtube.com/antiismistix.
I especially recommend viewing “How to Build an Earthbag Dome” and “Earthbagging at Aman Setu,” about building a school.
He has a number of videos [...]
Eyebrows on Domes
Posted in Arches, Building Styles, Domes, Introduction, climate, tagged Domes, earth domes, earthbag building, earthbag domes, earthbag homes, earthbag houses, eyebrows, eyebrows on domes, protective overhangs, sandbag building, sandbag homes on May 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
We routinely ask readers to document their projects and allow us to publish them on our Projects page at EarthbagBuilding.com. This enables other readers to learn much more rapidly. It’s the old “two heads are better than one” except here we’re dealing with thousands who are working together and sharing ideas. Very powerful.
A perfect example [...]
