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Reynolds in 2011. Michael E. Reynolds (born 1945) is an American architect based in New Mexico, known for the design and construction of "earthship" passive solar houses.He is a proponent of "radically sustainable living".
An Earthship is a style of architecture developed in the late 20th century to early 21st century by architect Michael Reynolds. Earthships are designed to behave as passive solar earth shelters made of both natural and upcycled materials such as earth-packed tires. Earthships may feature a variety of amenities and aesthetics, and are designed ...
English: A picture of the workings of natural ventilation in a earthship (earthship design for arid, subtropical climate; uses windows tilted at 60°). Schematic was based on a picture found in the book "Earthship Vol 2:Systems and Components by Michael Reynolds
The film concludes with a postscript showing Reynolds and his team of builders travelling to the Andaman Islands in the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami to assist the locals with disaster recovery and teaching them how to construct extremely low-cost earthships.
Earthship Brighton is a self-sustainable building, completed in 2006 [1] and owned by the non-profit Low Carbon Trust, situated in Stanmer Park, Brighton, England. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The building is an example of passive solar earth-sheltered design and was constructed using waste car tyres and other recycled materials such as cans and bottles.
The thermal mass used in Michael Reynolds' design is a combination of a liquid (i.e. water or beer) together with concrete mass. Concrete's temperature can be decreased quickly, while a liquid's (such as beer or water) with its higher thermal mass requires more energy to change temperature, holding the cold for longer.
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