Eco Domes: How to build your very own, sand bag, earth friendly shelter
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Very organic, free flowing, soothing feel to these houses.
Traditional shelters of this type seemed much more in tuned with the earth energies than our modern boxes of today, with their sharp corners and cold atmosphere, sealed windows and recycled air.
When you enter a round structure that rises directly up from the earth yet remains connected to it, you enter the very womb of Earth herself. Immediately, you feel "home," you feel protected, you feel the love of the place.
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Cal-Earth Institute
A quick overview
Cal-Earth stands for:THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF EARTH ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Cal-Earth is a non-profit foundation concentrating on this question: How to provide shelter for people of the world, particularly those who have no money?
Cal-Earth is at the cutting edge of Earth Art and Ceramic Architecture technologies today. Founded and directed by the internationally renowned architect and author Nader Khalili in 1986, it's scope spans technical innovations published by NASA for lunar base construction, to design and development of housing for the world's
Cal-Earth is dedicated to research and education of the public in environmentally oriented arts and architecture. It's philosophy is based on the equilibrium of the natural elements of earth, water, air, and fire, and their Unity at the service of the arts and humanity.
They provide an Apprenticeship Program so you can build your own home or help others build theirs.
Nader Khalili
Founder and visionary or Cal Earth Institute
NADER KHALILI, ARCHITECT AND HUMANITARIAN(1936-2008)
Nader Khalili developed the simple building technologies known as Superadobe (sandbags and barbed wire) and Ceramic Houses, using the freely available material of earth, for almost thirty years.
He took inspiration from Rumi, the 12th century mystic poet, who wrote in his native Persian language. He served as a consultant to the U.N. (UNIDO) and a contributor to NASA, as well as directing the Architectural Research Program (ARP) at SCI-Arc (Southern California Institute of Architecture).
For his work in Earth and Ceramic Architecture since 1975, Khalili received awards from:
- CCAIA for "Excellence in Technology,"
- the U.N. and HUD for "Shelter for the Homeless,"
- ASCE (Aerospace Division) for his work in lunar base building technolory,
- and the Aga Khan award for architecture for "Sandbag Shelter Prototypes".
Nader Khalili has inspired a global movement and left a rich body of philosophy, design and innovative construction technology. His work is continued at Cal-Earth Institute, as the basis for its research and educational mission.
***information taken from Cal Earth Institute site, at CalEarth.org***
Book by Cal-Earth Press
Emergency Sandbag Shelter
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How to build your own super adobe / sand bag shelter with over 700 photos and illustrations.
Other Books by Nader Khalili
Ceramic Houses and Earth Architecture: How to Build Your Own
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Sidewalks on the Moon: The Journey of a Mystic Architect through Tradition, Technology and Transformation
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Round-Trip to Deadsville: A Year in the Funeral Underground
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Racing Alone: a Visionary Architect's Quest for Houses Made With Earth and Fire
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Nader Khalili explains
Design with Nature - download it at calearth.org
(Superadobe Homes)How to build with arches, vaults, and domes Architect Nader Khalili reveals the secrets behind the elements of designing with nature. www.calearth.org www.greenworkscompany.com
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See the rise of an Eco Dome shelter
Eco-Dome - download it at calearth.org
calearth.org this film shows how a pile of earth, dug out from the building site, is turned into a small house called Eco- Dome (moon cocoon model), using the Superadobe technology. It documents how professionals and students from many countries training at Cal-Earth Institute built this structure. It is intended for use with materials and tools developed for instruction during the apprenticeship retreat at Cal-Earth. Superadobe technology was first presented by the architect to NASA for lunar habitats, and can build single or clustered homes on earth which are resistant to fire, floods, wind storms and earthquakes.
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Eco Domes in the Blogosphere
- Smithsonian Eco Dome Habitat with Triops - Smithsonian - Toys "R" Us
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- ECO-DOME: A Small House "Moon Cocoon" - Learning To Build An Eco ...
- Learning and building an Eco-Dome is an excellent way to prepare for building a larger design such as the 3-bedroom house, because it provides a hands-on learning experience on the essential aspects of Superadobe construction. ...
- Citizen Eco-Drive Concepts RING, DOME, VITRO
- The Three new Citizen concepts : Eco Drive RING, DOME and VITRO feature updated versions of the Eco-Drive technology combined in a smooth eye-catching design which sets a trend for the Citizen's future marketing policy basically ...
Making the News
- Wandsworth Guardian Year in Review: January 2009
- The owners of Battersea Power Station scaled down their design for the controversial ?Dyson? eco-dome, the idea was later shelved and bungling council ...
- 10:10 travel: Low-carbon holidays for 2010
- Guests can stay in one of the 15 domes or go higher up to the dorms-based refuge. There is also a "base camp" chalet with a restaurant and 7km of ski runs ...
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- stargazer00 stargazer00 Dec 4, 2009 @ 11:32 pm
- This is an intriguing idea. Blessed!
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- Pastiche Pastiche Sep 9, 2009 @ 12:02 pm
- These eco-domes must be the simplest hand built small home structures ever. No foam, earth fill - what could be better for the inhabitants and the environment. They remind me of hobbit houses with panache - lensrolled to Eco-Friendly Tiny Houses as another example of sustainable small homes anyone can build. 5*, of course!
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- Susanne_Iles Susanne_Iles Aug 23, 2009 @ 1:41 pm
- We've been considering building a cob house for some time now, but your eco dome squidoo page has us thinking of alternatives. Thank you for creating this!
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- Ramkitten Ramkitten Mar 15, 2009 @ 12:11 pm
- My husband and I are big dome-lovers. There's a pretty funky dome house--well, multi-dome house--in nearby Sedona (I say "funky" mostly because of the bright colors they painted each of the domes). And we've seen many others in Arizona and elsewhere. I know my husband wants to build one someday. He's also on Squidoo, and I'll tell him about this lens.
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- KadabaCo KadabaCo Jan 28, 2009 @ 12:09 am
- My husband and I have been building homes for years and we desperately want to know more about building an eco dome house. Thank you for the great info and videos. 5*'s and I'm lensrolling it on mine!
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With the understanding that we can include all the modern conveniences and luxuries we are accustomed to ( i.e. water, electricity, cable connection, internet, stove, etc.), natural building material offer a much healthier environment than most of our current toxic saturated and outgasing "modern" one.
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Susanne_Iles says:
Yes! We've been looking to build our own home and art studio and have been considering cob. The Eco dome is an intriguing alternative and well worth looking into.
Posted August 23, 2009
greenmeds says:
Very ecoy, very homey... kind of a Tipi guy myself, but I've been thinking of getting into the whole Earth/cob/stonje construction thingy as well - nice place ya got here ^_~
Posted February 26, 2009
Catalysthere says:
It would have to be a very big one - I am claustraphobic. (did I spell that right?)
Posted August 26, 2008
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