cool underground….

I was talking with my son about underground houses the other day.

I thought that if things were going to “heat up” that it might be good to have some underground coolness going on.

This is a building style called “Earthships”.

Warmed by the sun, cooled by the earth.

They use tires packed with earth to build the walls.

I guess that an Earthship isn’t really “underground” (the house usually opens to the front and is earth-bermed at the rear of the house) , but there is so much mass in the walls that you get a similar effect to building underground.

It’s a lot nicer than having a hole that you climb down to get to your house, too.

Jenny’s family lives close to a place out west where a lot of these houses are being built.

I think that these houses are in that area….probably close to Taos.

How does “unconventional” become standard?

This looks like an interesting way to build.

Here’s another nice one out in Montana…..

 

 

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