Earthship Te Tematanga
Photo by Peter May, The Flying Kiwi
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Spacesmiths added this to Houzz Tour: An Earthship Adventure in New Zealand
Their three years of research found its focus when the couple came across the movie Garbage Warrior, which focuses on the biotecture of Mike Reynolds, the American founder of the Earthship building system. The passive-solar homes use natural and recycled materials to create a thermal mass that stabilizes temperature, paired with renewable energy and water systems. The family’s first piece of luck was Anning spotting a passenger on the ferry he skippered wearing an Earthship T-shirt. Turns out there was a hands-on building session with the Earth Building Association of New Zealand running in Christchurch that summer. Not deterred by the fact that it was already booked up, Anning turned up at the site. By the time the organizers realized he was an interloper, he was already working with the tools. The couple also visited an early prototype house, the Gubb home in Ngaruawahia. They realized that it takes a lot of work to build a modern home to meet today’s building codes.Ceiling reeds: Brustics; pendant light: David Trubridge
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daveg000 added this to daveg000's Ideas
Their three years of research found its focus when the couple came across the movie Garbage Warrior, which focuses on the biotecture of Mike Reynolds, the American founder of the Earthship building system. The passive-solar homes use natural and recycled materials to create a thermal mass that stabilizes temperature, paired with renewable energy and water systems. The family’s first piece of luck was Anning spotting a passenger on the ferry he skippered wearing an Earthship T-shirt. Turns out there was a hands-on building session with the Earth Building Association of New Zealand running in Christchurch that summer. Not deterred by the fact that it was already booked up, Anning turned up at the site. By the time the organizers realized he was an interloper, he was already working with the tools. The couple also visited an early prototype house, the Gubb home in Ngaruawahia. They realized that it takes a lot of work to build a modern home to meet today’s building codes.Ceiling reeds: Brustics; pendant light: David Trubridge
rachelm1993 added this to Foliage
Oh for a house with allowance for this!
Tameria Spearman added this to Tameria's ideas
Love the greenhouse idea. Maybe a much much smaller greenhouse
Saskia Salm-Shepard added this to Grizzly peak
amazing!!! garden house ❤️❤️❤️