Earthships in the Huffington Post

Earthship Biotecture's recycled houses

Architect Michael Reynolds and his company,Earthship Biotecture, design and build energy-efficient structures outside of Taos, N.M. -- constructed almost entirely of recycled tires, bottles and other waste materials. After building over 1,000 of these self-sustaining homes in the U.S., Reynolds has taken his team to Haiti to solve the problems faced by rebuilding efforts.

The new Haiti Earthship is designed to be earthquake- and hurricane-resistant, 120 square feet, made mostly of 120 recycled automobile tires packed with dirt and will be, once Reynolds returns in October, completed with a plaster coating as well as the capability to sustain itself through solar energy and water collection. He also plans to include flush toilets in the finished product, all making it possible for the home to exist separately of any city infrastructure. The Haiti Earthship was constructed by local Haitians under Reynolds' guidance due to medical complications among his own tiny team and will hopefully become a prototype for Haitians to follow in the creation of a small village.

 

 

 

 

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