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Reynolds developed the Earthship design after moving to New Mexico and completing his degree in architecture, intending them to be "off-the-grid-ready" houses, with minimal reliance on public utilities and fossil fuels. They are constructed to use available natural resources, especially energy from the sun and rain water.
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The brick design was patented in 1973. [2] Reynolds calls this practice "Earthship Biotecture". He cites as an epiphany the moment he realized that any object could be utilized—an old tire could become a powerful and durable thermal mass when it was filled with soil, or a pop bottle could be used for insulation.
The other three walls of an Earthship are buried beneath the ground and are 6 feet thick, using natural materials such as earth, adobe, sand and cement, which capture and store heat.
An earth sheltered house in Switzerland (Peter Vetsch) An earth shelter, also called an earth house, earth-bermed house, earth-sheltered house, [1] earth-covered house, or underground house, is a structure (usually a house) with earth against the walls and/or on the roof, or that is entirely buried underground.
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
Earthship 1980+ (Started in US, now global) Green building 2000+ Natural building 2000+ Neo-Andean 2005+ Neo-futurism late 1960s-early 21st century; New Classical Architecture 1980+ New London Vernacular 2009+ Berlin Style 1990s+ Mass timber 2010s+
This image illustrates several of the practices utilized in Earthship culture to encourage sustainability in their structures and lifestyles, including windows, water barrels, and solar panels. Items portrayed in this file