I want an earthship!
Posted by VegHeadZealia on Sep 01, 2007 · Member since Mar 2007 · 1665 posts
http://www.earthshipbiotecture.com
Oh my what a cool concept...I want to go buy a little land and plop one of these in it! then i can garden on top! I wonder about flooding.And zoning....how does one get something like this approved? I think it would be cool to have it almost entirely under ground...it would look like just a little home, but you step inside and SHAZAM! There are another three floors!
:D yay for off grid, sustainable architecture and agriculture!!!!
Of course, I can't find the darn website now, but there is a fella in California who builds tiny houses and I mean TINY houses, specifically for minimialist living for one or a couple. I'll see if I can find it
I want an earthship too. I think that would be wonderful and they look like they would be very comfortable and fun to decorate in ways that make it part of the landscape. All they need is a wonderful huge garden that the house can manufacture water for, so even food is more earth friendly. It needs a greenhouse for year round hydroponic food production.
Very cool! Why are they so much to rent though?
LDF- if you find that website Id love to look at it! I think tiny houses are so cool. And these are the most artistic eco houses i have seen i love the glass bottle thing!!!
I'm not sure why they cost so much to rent...i was wondering that myself if they are so cheap t build and to maintain...just to make more money I guess?
id wanna design/build my own!!! 8)
Wow this is exactly the type of house that keith and I are planning.
Is this the company you were thinking of dragonfly? I love their designs. I appreciate efficient housing plans since I lived for many years in a travel trailer(the kind you pull behind your truck, not a 'doublewide').
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/
my gracious those are TINY! :o but awful cute! The bungalow is just about right for my liking...I like to combine the practicality of a traditional home with the efficiency of the tiny dwellings. those would be good for retreats though really anything short term...but at that point I guess id use a tent....My first plans for tiny dwelling places WERE something like this though...I was going to build a dog-house styled dwelling out of wooden pallets...I was was like 13 and planning on running away with my pet goat to the mountains :D hahaha! i think I still have the designs somewhere...I was a really INTERESTING 13 year old... ???
I agree, earthships are a great design! I'm a fan of anything that puts used tires to good use. In the States, building codes vary widely, so you would have to contact your local planning office. Some are more open to sustainable design than others. http://www.greenhomebuilding.com/building_codes.htm
That site has a lot of links and information on green building techniques.
I hope to build my own place in a few years.
Wow this is exactly the type of house that keith and I are planning.
Is this the company you were thinking of dragonfly? I love their designs. I appreciate efficient housing plans since I lived for many years in a travel trailer(the kind you pull behind your truck, not a 'doublewide').
http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/
Wow! Those are some tiny houses! I know this will sound totally anti-enviroment, but I need space! Those house were so cute--but my shoes wouldn't be able to live in them! LOL! Somedays I think it would be great to ditch all the crap and go the route of a minimilist--but then I wake up and know that I'm just not that good of a person--but at least I'm honest! *and besides--my where would my kitties go?*
Did anyone see the "apartment' in London that was only 77 sq ft that sold for $335,000?
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8MQGPLG2&show_article=1
Ahhh, I've wanted one of these for years!! Sadly, I'll never have one living in this state. Florida has to be one of the most environmentally unfriendly states in the country! We're called The Sunshine State yet state representatives insist that Florida is not suitable for solar power.........huh?!!!! In another 10 years I suspect Florida will be entirely paved over with nothing but condos and deed restricted communities. I don't think they even know what green roofing is. I so need to move back out west and build an Earthship!
my gracious those are TINY! :o but awful cute! The bungalow is just about right for my liking...I like to combine the practicality of a traditional home with the efficiency of the tiny dwellings. those would be good for retreats though really anything short term...but at that point I guess id use a tent....My first plans for tiny dwelling places WERE something like this though...I was going to build a dog-house styled dwelling out of wooden pallets...I was was like 13 and planning on running away with my pet goat to the mountains :D hahaha! i think I still have the designs somewhere...I was a really INTERESTING 13 year old... ???
Actually once you get used to living in a small space it's kinda hard to move back up. I lived in less than 200 square feet for about 7 years and then moved up to about 350 square feet. It was like mooving into a mansion :D
Last year when keith got hurt I moved in with him, a regular house. I actualy don't like it. I miss my small, cozy, eficient, EASY to clean trailer.
Shipping containers find new life as homes
Inexpensive and abundant, they’re turning into affordable housing
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With America exporting so little, shipping companies face the dilemma of what to do with these 32,000-pound containers. Increasingly too expensive to ship back overseas empty, these steel boxes — which can be as large as 20-by-48-feet — are stacked high, sitting in ports around the country. There are as many as 300,000 containers, by some estimates. And they're cheap — ranging from $500 to $2,000 for an unused container.
more at link: Shipping containers find new life as homes
Inexpensive and abundant, they’re turning into affordable housing
And another good article:
Living In Style In Shipping Containers
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Believe it or not there is a group of architects that have developed some very stylish residences out of the humble shipping container. Not only residences, there have also been hundreds of metal shipping containers used for museums, restaurants and weekend houses. You would not even realize that these beautiful and creative structures were once hauling supplies across the country.
The shipping containers are stacked, painted and customized to form the outer structure of the houses. Glass ceilings, walls and windows add light and give the structures a very bright and airy look.
more at link: http://searchwarp.com/swa35274.htm
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I thought the first article was interesting to point out that our consumerist life style has created this glut of containers.
^On of my friends did that at the campground I keep my trailer at. It's really cool and so functional.
My boyfriend talk every once in a while about building a geodesic dome like this http://www.domehome.com/
i've thought about combining earthship ideas and geodesic ideas together, like the tire and glass bottle ideas instead of all wood. I've seen atleast 3 dome houses in the Austin area so far, i bet the building codes are rather green friendly around here.