24/01/2014
WHY build with earthbags? Earthbags have long been used for creating strong, protective barriers and for flood control. The same reasons that make them useful for these applications carry over to creating housing. Since the walls are so substantial, they can resist all kinds of severe weather and also stand up to natural calamities such as earthquakes and floods. They can be erected simply and quickly with readily available components and simple hand tools, for very little money
The earthbag village (Pod 1) is designed to consist of 67 earthbag architecture 200 square foot semi-subterranean earthbag “hotel room” style dome-home cabanas placed in a circle connected with spoke like walkways into a central semi-subterranean 60' diameter Tropical Atrium and meditation center ho...