The Earth sheltered owner-built home by Barbara Kern, Ken Kern

By Barbara Kern, Ken Kern

The Earth Sheltered Owner-Built house is a whole advisor to the wonder and potency of underground residing. This e-book examines many straightforward leading edge and coffee fee designs and techniques specifically applicable to the landlord builder. 3 winning earth sheltered houses are awarded intimately, from the drafting board to planting the roof.

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Living space may be carved entirely from the earth, as was Baldasare Forestiere's homeplace. A second method, called cut-and-fi II, uses earth excavated from a hillside as backfill against walls and as sod for the roof. Both the Kern studio and the Mullan house were built in this manner. A third way is to build on level ground, waterproof, and cover the structure with soi I and plants. The Zanetto house typifies this construct i on approach. Dugout. Throughout history, the dugout system of underground building has been widely used.

Thus, Rottier's tubular structures may safe l y be co v ered with large quant iti es of earth. In fact, a certain amount of top fill is necessary to insure the lateral stabilit y of these shells. Thi s amount is calculated as 12 percent of the tube's span. Backfill for the tubular house is intentionally compacted to achieve maximum densit y , which strengthens the tube. 7 In one of Rottier ' s tube designs, the covered over portion was terraced and flooded with water, creating a lands cape reminiscent of Indonesian rice fields.

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