I'm doing a research project on the architect, Michael Reynolds. He created a completely self sustaining home that not only houses people, but feeds them, too! Using solar and/or wind energy for electricity and each house has it's own water storage system! The water is collected from melted snow and rain.
The walls are made from old car tires, stuffed with earth, and non-load bearing walls are made of glass or aluminum cans bound with a cement mixture. From the angle the big windows are placed the sun comes in the house, heats it up and makes the plants grow. You can grow almost anything from banana trees to herbs to your own fish pond!
Books for my research... I haven't started yet...
Books for my research... I haven't started yet...
My studio project, a Visitor's Center. I'm doing a South East Alaska Native Center in Skagway, Alaska