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20150815 | Cob cottage

Here in Oregon, there is a place you can learn how to build buildings with Cob, a natural building material

Had the opportunity to visit back in 2015 and stayed the night in a hand-built cottage in the woods

Had toyed with the idea of building my own cottage in the backwoods of Oregon, but happily a city-dweller at this point (maybe i'll do live-aboard sailing at some point in the future, or van life, but im really enjoying/value city life)

#photography #cob #naturalbuilding

Loving the expansion of the Renewabuild structural block into the US with the first US licence into Iowa:
https://www.hempbuildmag.com/home/renewabuild-great-plains

#hempcrete #naturalbuilding #biobased #building #manufacturing

"The family living in a self-built natural home (zero bills, maximum comfort)"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-y5ze2Kgr4

#homestead #naturalbuilding #antiwork #solarpunk

DIY Sustainable Eco-village Creation: Open source Earthbag Village electrical design hub including design, cost, setup, and more. https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/earthbag-village-electrical-design-and-setup/

#SustainableLiving #EcoVillage #EarthbagBuilding #OpenSourceDesign #RegenerativeSystems #PermacultureLife #DIYSustainability #NaturalBuilding #OffGridLiving #RenewableEnergyDesign #EcoCommunity #GreenInfrastructure #EarthbagArchitecture #SustainableDevelopment #FutureOfHousing

1. Put a few layers of tape over both/all cameras (front/rear) before continuing to read this.
2. Ideally print out and read on paper.
3. If above not possible, read on a desktop or laptop,not on your phone/tablet...........@rainynight65 IMHO it's deliberate. #ExxonKnew why did they do a three-year study (1970-1973 ?) not merely proving (again), but detailing exactly what would happen? Effects of #climateEmergency : 1. Kills people directly &indirectly 2. Prompts #climateMigration , which 3. Move/crowds folks into smaller/denser areas, which makes us easier to 4. Control (in every respect including brainwashing) but also 5. Easier to kill large numbers, faster. ( See also #Gaza IsA #Prototype as are #Sudan & #Haiti & #Mexico & ...) 6. As we become #climateRefugees & move away -> Opens up more #land for #extraction (so-called ' #underExploited ') See also #silentWeaponsForQuietWars available in the public domain apparently.Also two #Boeing #safety #engineer #whistleblowers in the past year died shortly after going public w their news #leak #leaks . One apparent #suicideAllegedly the other in an #accident ... And prior to pandemic IDK which year there was a regional/national conference on the future of #selfDrivingCars #autonomousVehicles #roboTaxis held iirc in #PortlandOregon at #OMSI .. A whole panel of speakers, mostly industry, urban planning, policy wonks... But one woman who was widely regarded as a world-class expert on the risks / dangers of AV's ... She lived in Arizona. The week before she was scheduled to fly to Portland to give her talk at the convention/symposium, she was hit & killed... By a self-driving car.There is plenty more, but one gets the idea.

PS. #real_estate #affordable_housing is #gaslighting and a #Trojan_horse . As #private_equity and #public_housing_projects & #CDCs gobble up more land and homes to #demolish them and build brand new ones, the cost invariably skyrockets across the entire #market . Further, 1. They artificially limit the supply by delisting actually-vacant rentals (to drive up cost/demand), and 2. They constantly #lobby tooth & nail against any type of #environmental #regulations ... And #buildingCode #energy #efficiency standards. ... They refuse to even install simple overhangs above windows, to block out the sun during its summer zenith / hottest months while allowing it in the cooler months (#passiveSolarDesign 101 ).. Let alone thicker walls/insulation or triple-pane windows , all of which would only add 2% to the total cost of construction. (See " #passiveHaus explained in 90 seconds " on YouTube as well as #ecoJusticeRadio on passivehomes passivehouse #naturalbuilding
)
And building more even actually-affordable housing obscures the most obvious:
The cheapest home is an existing home.

Laguna Cejar - Salar de Atacama, Chile. One of the things I so admired about the park facilities in the Atacama was the small buildings thoughtfully designed and built from local materials.

#salardeatacama #lagunacejar #arquitectura #desiertodeatacama #bioarquitectura #doors #chile #puertas #bioarchitecture #naturalbuilding #atacama #chiletravel #architecturelovers #atacamachile #ecologicaldesign #atacamadesert #chileturismo #materiauxdeconstruction #facade #bioconstruccion #naturalmaterials

What did we do to preserve homes before the chemical concoctions we use today existed? Here is an open source plaster and eco-plaster page that explores the options.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/plaster/

#EcoPlaster #NaturalBuilding #SustainableHomes #GreenConstruction #HealthyMaterials #NonToxicLiving #EcoArchitecture #RegenerativeDesign #SustainableBuilding #EarthFriendlyDesign #LowWasteLiving #OpenSourceSustainability

What did we do to preserve homes before the chemical concoctions we use today existed? Here is an open source plaster and eco-plaster page that explores the options.

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/plaster/

#EcoPlaster #NaturalBuilding #GreenConstruction #SustainableMaterials #OpenSourceDesign #EcoArchitecture #HealthyHomes #SustainableLiving #ZeroWasteBuilding #EarthFriendly

“The Compressed Earth Block Village (Pod 4) will demonstrate a new level of artistic and functional creation for the eco-construction world. Built from compressed earth bricks/blocks, this village will demonstrate the durability, affordability, and creative potential that is possible with this ultra-sustainable building method.”

https://www.onecommunityglobal.org/compressed-earth-block-village/

#CompressedEarthBlocks #NaturalBuilding #EcoConstruction #SustainableBuilding #EarthenArchitecture #Permaculture #AffordableHousing

Soil testing today! Evaluating the soil I dug for the #poolPond for potential use for rammed earth floor and/or fence. The narrow mouth mason jar is soil from the smaller hole. The wide mouth mason (🎸 ) is from the large pile.
#naturalBuilding
#backyardProject #rammedEarth #PortAlberni Also yes, #atlas reminded me it was #caturday He says hello, and "why is this jar on my table meow?" #catsodon

More Vienna: Finally got to see the Hundertwasserhaus. Beautiful colors, shapes, curved lines, little details, plants growing on the roof and out of walls etc. Great demo of the effect of trees on microclimate too!

Less excited about the amount of souvenir shops and tourists tho. :( If the original intention was for the building to be a prototype and example to others, it now sadly seems like an art object.

#architecture #naturalbuilding #art #ecology #hundertwasser #vienna #wien

Making mud bricks is not so easy as it seems. You must find your recipe, that suits your material and people fail a lot. In most cases the brick disintegrates, once dried.

This is my first attempt. It is heavy and solid. Usable. 👍

Not perfect though. It is a bit coarse. I sieved mud and prepared 3 quality grades. This brick is made out of my crudest one.Next I'll try with the medium grade.

Recipe: mud + sand + Anisantha sterilis N. (= hay) + rice starch. Drying = 15 days. 100% free and bio building material😃

#diy #NaturalBuilding

Aspiring inventor and natural philosopher from the North (Köppen Dfb-Dfc boundary).

Living in a rented house w/ a yard in a midsize city, together with family and housemates. Also have a rural place with an old house, a workshop and a little bit of land.

Gamedev dropout, sometime designer, shop metrologist, comp-sci student.

Interested in #DIY, #repair, #permaculture, #agroforestry, #naturalbuilding, #dumpsterdiving, toolmaking, small scale energy, old computer tech, etc.

#introduction

My eventual plan is to build an earthbag home up in the mountains. Want to dig about 6-feet down. double wall, at least at the base. Then drive rebar through the walls for extra stability. then bury/berm the above grade portion and have a green roof. Yes, I want a thermally stable hobbit house.

This is one of the simpler and potentially strongest roof designs I've seen so far. Wondering if it would be strong enough to support 8-12" of dirt on top if those rafters were at a 10-15 degree pitch peak to walls.

https://earthbagbuilding.com/projects/texasstonehenge.htm

#NaturalBuilding #Permaculture #EarthBag

Image description: A group of young people working on a strawbale construction. They are filling a wooden frame with strawbales.

I recommend very much anyone interested in
#architecture
#naturalBuilding
#AlternativeBuildingMaterial
#Strawbale
#solarpunk
#StrawbaleConstruction
#EarthenFloors
#Cob
#BuildingTransition #ConstructionTechniques
to follow @BurchertMichael
:anarchoheart3:

#NaturalBuilding #DryStack essential rules. #permaculture