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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 Earthship, near Hermanus, is located in a 60 hectares (0.23 sq mi) private nature reserve which is part of a 500 hectares (1.9 sq mi) area enclosed in a game fence and borders the Walker Bay Nature Reserve. [8] The second earthship in South Africa is a recycling centre in Khayelitsha run as a swap shop.
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This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:RegularEarthshipDesign.JPG licensed with PD-self . 2008-09-01T06:32:53Z KVDP 2548x2008 (306143 Bytes) {{Information |Description={{en|1=A schematic of the regular earthship design.}} |Source=Own work by uploader |Author=[[User:KVDP|KVDP]] |Date=1 September 2008 |Permission= |other_versions= }} [[Category:Green buildings]]
In high seismic risk regions a reinforced concrete footing or grade beam may be recommended. Earthbag buildings can also be built on conventional concrete slabs (though this is more expensive and uses more embodied energy than a rubble trench foundation) and can have a bermed or underground "floating" foundation like an earthship as well.
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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 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.