When i was in Sunseed we had the greate possibility to go and help a couple of friend (THAT I REALLY WANT TO THANKS) to build up them own house with car tires.
They are building a special house a earthship.
Earthships what does it means?!
Earthship are earth-sheltered autonumus building made of tires rammed with earth, earthship are usually arranged in "U" or horseshoe shaped modules.
It is a structure that is self-sufficient. It is a building that provides it's own heat, cooling, water, electricity and sewage treatment. In addition it is built with reused or otherwise environmentally sensitive materials, that are relatively cheap, readily available, and easy to use. Used automobile tires meet all of these criteria and make the basic building block for an Earthship.
Each tire is rammed full of earth manually using a sledge hammer. That' s really easy i ll say quite tiring and slow (4 tires per h.) but really interesting from an envirorment point of view.
You can found more info and the picture of the work that we did on them own web.
www.eatrhship.es
Some more information and lovely pictures... for have an idea about how it looks like..
www.eatrhship.co.uk
enjoy...
