Saturday, March 6, 2010

Earthbag is a Terrible Name for a Cool Technique

Earthbag is even uglier than sustainable. But the technique is very cool. Essentially bags filled with, wait for it, earth are used like a masonry unit.

Sometimes the results look like giant beehives:


Sometimes like Yoda's hut on Dagobah:

 
Or worse:


But the tchnique can produce buildings that look pretty much like buildings:



The construction is very simple:

 
And all you need is bags.

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