Pregunta: Lo habitual en España es que todo requiere ser aprobado según mil normativas que muchas lo único que hacen obstaculizar al ciudadano, "habéis tenido problemas para tramitar la cédula de habitabilidad" Yo quiero construir para mi y para mis hijos con los métodos de Earthship en la comunidad Valenciana, pero no encontramos aun información al respecto. Gracias.
Combining a dome with the earthship concept is very cool, kudos! I would really like to know if it's possible to take it a step further: would it be possible to actually use just a self-contained dome - a monolithic one, say - as the basis for a working earthship? Monolitihic domes have some very cool properties in regard to a passive house design on their own, but would they be compatibel with the earthship, since their shapes are so different? Earthships are long and shallow to allow the sun to reach a large fraction of the interior (in winter), while domes are very deep shapes. Questions to ponder...
Hiya, interesting thought! I’m not sure if a monolithic dome could be called an earthship. I guess it would depend on how and what you construct it with. Ours is a dome sitting on top of tyres on an earth cliff. So there is the mass that an earthship has. The dome is insulated to a degree, maybe more insulation would be better. Then you need to allow as much sun in to heat the place but keep it out in the summer so it stays cool. You could easily catch your water from the dome and maybe install a planter...
@@cuevasdesolearthshipspain416 Oh wow, thank for the reply! Yeah, that's basically what I was thinking, too. It wouldn't technically be an earthship in the original sense, but I'm hoping it's possibel to integrate many of the self-sustainability aspects of an earthship. Mike Reynolds (I think) described an earthship as a machine that carries out a handful of functions simply thanks to its smart design. Heating/cooling, collecting water, growing food, right. A monolithic dome could definitely do a lot of that, too, and it would offer its own huge thermal mass, with good insulation. I'm just not sure if the internal dynamics of a dome structure (for example the constant air circulation) would complement the "greenhouse" aspect of the earthship concept. Things like maintaining livable temperature levels inside, etc. The search continues!;) Many thanks for sharing your own awesome experiment!
Hi James, not at all! We were part of a research study years ago where we sent dust particles collected close to the tyre walls to be analysed. They found no toxic or unusual substances from ours or the other earthships involved in the study. Having said that, we do plan to cover the tyres with some sort of finish eventually - it's just a matter of time ;-)
@@cuevasdesolearthshipspain416 Thanks for that info. I live in an earthship myself in New Mexico. I've heard conflicting information about off-gassing. Do you happen to know if the study you referenced is available to read online somewhere?
@@aloneinanearthship4010 hello fellow earthshipper!! I'll see if I can find the study results to send to you. It was a while ago so bear with me ;-) Do you have an email address I can send the pdf to?
No tenía idea de que hubiera este tipo de construcciones por nuestra tierra, impresionante. ¿Sabrían decirme si fue tedioso el papeleo con la administración? ¡Gracias de antemano!
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Wow!! Ahora ya se lo que me faltaba para mi eco house! Un geodome!
Pregunta: Lo habitual en España es que todo requiere ser aprobado según mil normativas que muchas lo único que hacen obstaculizar al ciudadano, "habéis tenido problemas para tramitar la cédula de habitabilidad" Yo quiero construir para mi y para mis hijos con los métodos de Earthship en la comunidad Valenciana, pero no encontramos aun información al respecto. Gracias.
Combining a dome with the earthship concept is very cool, kudos! I would really like to know if it's possible to take it a step further: would it be possible to actually use just a self-contained dome - a monolithic one, say - as the basis for a working earthship? Monolitihic domes have some very cool properties in regard to a passive house design on their own, but would they be compatibel with the earthship, since their shapes are so different? Earthships are long and shallow to allow the sun to reach a large fraction of the interior (in winter), while domes are very deep shapes. Questions to ponder...
Hiya, interesting thought! I’m not sure if a monolithic dome could be called an earthship. I guess it would depend on how and what you construct it with.
Ours is a dome sitting on top of tyres on an earth cliff. So there is the mass that an earthship has. The dome is insulated to a degree, maybe more insulation would be better. Then you need to allow as much sun in to heat the place but keep it out in the summer so it stays cool. You could easily catch your water from the dome and maybe install a planter...
@@cuevasdesolearthshipspain416 Oh wow, thank for the reply! Yeah, that's basically what I was thinking, too. It wouldn't technically be an earthship in the original sense, but I'm hoping it's possibel to integrate many of the self-sustainability aspects of an earthship. Mike Reynolds (I think) described an earthship as a machine that carries out a handful of functions simply thanks to its smart design. Heating/cooling, collecting water, growing food, right.
A monolithic dome could definitely do a lot of that, too, and it would offer its own huge thermal mass, with good insulation. I'm just not sure if the internal dynamics of a dome structure (for example the constant air circulation) would complement the "greenhouse" aspect of the earthship concept. Things like maintaining livable temperature levels inside, etc. The search continues!;)
Many thanks for sharing your own awesome experiment!
ghostbeetle you’re welcome and good luck with your research
Me hubiera gustado una descripciòn de la vivienda... es realmente hrrmosa...
Gracias Emil
Are you concerned with off-gassing from all the exposed tires?
Hi James, not at all! We were part of a research study years ago where we sent dust particles collected close to the tyre walls to be analysed. They found no toxic or unusual substances from ours or the other earthships involved in the study. Having said that, we do plan to cover the tyres with some sort of finish eventually - it's just a matter of time ;-)
@@cuevasdesolearthshipspain416 Thanks for that info. I live in an earthship myself in New Mexico. I've heard conflicting information about off-gassing. Do you happen to know if the study you referenced is available to read online somewhere?
@@aloneinanearthship4010 hello fellow earthshipper!! I'll see if I can find the study results to send to you. It was a while ago so bear with me ;-) Do you have an email address I can send the pdf to?
No tenía idea de que hubiera este tipo de construcciones por nuestra tierra, impresionante. ¿Sabrían decirme si fue tedioso el papeleo con la administración? ¡Gracias de antemano!
Gracias
Como siempre para casa de campo el papeleo es largo, hemos escrito un libro sobre el tema se ve en www.earthship.es/getstartedbook
Gracias
Como siempre para casa de campo el papeleo es largo, hemos escrito un libro sobre el tema se ve en www.earthship.es/getstartedbook
Update your website, please. Michael Reynolds has been building Earthships for 50 years, not 30.
Thank you