Global Earthship: Taking Advantage of the Existing Natural Phenomena

Designing Matter, Energy and sustainability, expanding design practices, Low Density, Michael Reynolds, Politics and economics, Project, Urban Paradigms

Architect’s role, Biotecture, Climate change, Collaborative Architecture, Collaborative work, Designing Matter, Ecological agencies, Ecological researches, Economics, Empowering society, Energy, Energy conservation, Environment, Environmental phenomena, Food production, Global warming, Greenhouse emissions, Housing, Natural materials, New Mexico, Passive house standards, Passive ventilation, Project, Rain Water Harvesting, Recycling, Renewable energy, Self-sufficiency, Self-sufficient Housing, Solar Energy, Sustainability, Sustainable construction, Taos, Thermal inertia, Urban Paradigms, Waste management, Water harvests, Water recycling, Wind energy

Architect: Michael Reynolds of Earthship Biotecture.

The Earthship is an autonomous self-sufficient house built with natural and recycled materials with energy conservation in mind. Designed to produce water, electricity, and food for its own use, Earthships are defined by six basic design principles, all of which take advantage of the existing natural phenomena of the earth: building with natural and repurposed materials, using thermal and solar heating and cooling, solar- and wind-generated electricity, water harvesting, contained sewage treatment and self-sustained food production.