Earth bag

(strawbales using an expensive conventional foundation and roof making not alot of sense for me and not even saving money much of the time by what I hear) Heck you could almost put stick built walls up to save time (as earthbags are a big cost in time and hassle per cubic foot filled whereas the walls are the cheapest by comparison to roof/foundation) and things like that is almost what i'm now thinking. Why aren't we already doing this?

Casa Antakarana / Vivienda Rural / La Calera, Cundinamarca / Diseño: Jose Andrés Vallejo / Constructor: Jose Andrés Vallejo / Área Cubierta: 150m2 / Superadobe / Año: 2012

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I was totally amazed when I first saw this earthbag dome; isn’t it just fascinating? It looks like a little hobbit house! So an earthbag is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: a bag

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