This interesting little house in the middle of a field is from New Mexico. The exciting thing about this house is that consists completely of recycled materials. This house was built in the 70′s, in a time of love and loving the earth so the components of this house are used tires filled with soil, recycled glass bottles and aluminum cans. The house functions very efficiently actually, the different material used function to absorb heat during the day and then spread into the house when the temperature drops.
The charming little character of this house is interesting with the green roof and stairway in combination with the brown exterior walls give the house even more of an environmentally friendly aspect because it is almost camouflage within itself. This small little house is so interesting in the design aspect because it didn’t just use one recyclable material but is has many. Combining the rubber tires with soil makes up a fantastic insulator for the house and the recycled glass bottles and aluminum cans are great conductors of heat and cold so it can give some temperature variation. Since it is so environmentally friendly it seems that the choices of color for the house were chosen with the same theme of nature in mind. It looks like the brown was probably just from the soil used for construction but the green is certainly painted and helps move the eye around the base, along the roof, and up the curved stairs on the side of the house. Since the design is basically all around nature I’m glad they took advantage of the rooftop space to be able to enjoy the great outdoors.
The charming little character of this house is interesting with the green roof and stairway in combination with the brown exterior walls give the house even more of an environmentally friendly aspect because it is almost camouflage within itself. This small little house is so interesting in the design aspect because it didn’t just use one recyclable material but is has many. Combining the rubber tires with soil makes up a fantastic insulator for the house and the recycled glass bottles and aluminum cans are great conductors of heat and cold so it can give some temperature variation. Since it is so environmentally friendly it seems that the choices of color for the house were chosen with the same theme of nature in mind. It looks like the brown was probably just from the soil used for construction but the green is certainly painted and helps move the eye around the base, along the roof, and up the curved stairs on the side of the house. Since the design is basically all around nature I’m glad they took advantage of the rooftop space to be able to enjoy the great outdoors.
I find this little house in a field to be very interesting in the design aspects and of course the choosing of the materials and shape of the house.
This house is so interesting. I love that people are constantly looking for new ways to implement green design. You did a great job! This was a great choice of an unusal material application.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure I've seen this before. Over in New Mexico they have tons of these houses and some people call them earth ships! They are super neat and use recycled materials a lot (which I love). Great post!
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