Earthship Design

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Earthship Design
By Ben Brown, Nikola Janjic, Joe Risi
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Earthship Design

• HistoryMichael Reynolds a Southwestern US
  architect is credited with building the first
  Earthship.
• Earthship 101
• Defined
• Heat and cool themselves naturally via
  solar/thermal dynamics
• Collect their own power from the sun and wind
• Harvest their own water from rain and snow melt
• Contain and treat their own sewage on site
• Produce food in significant quantities
• Utilize materials that are reused byproducts of
  modern society like cans, bottles and tires

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• Construction

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• Construction

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• Finished Product Interior

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Additional Examples
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Sources

• www.earthship.net
• www.greenhomebuilding.com/earthship.htm
• www.earthshipbiotecture.com
• www.earthpower1.com