Architect Seminar

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Architect Seminar

• Michael Reynolds

Biotect
Presented by Mukul sharma B.ARCH 4TH YR 061017
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Biography

• Born in 1945 and Graduated from University of
  Cincinnati in 1969.
• He is a self-described "guy who's trying to do
  some sustainable housing for the future.
• He believes our consumerist society is destroying
  our natural resources and eco-systems.
• And thus
  called King of garbage

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His objectives

• To reduce the economic and institutional barriers
  between people and sustainable housing.
• To begin reversing the overall negative effect
  that conventional housing has on the planet.
• To provide a direction for those who want to live
  in harmony with their environment.
• And for this he created the concept of Earthships

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Earthships
Sustainable, independent buildings and system

• Started with individual homes and now, Community
  of green homes.
• Sizes begin at the 800 square ft to 1500 sq ft.
• Unexpected materials in different ways
• Tires, cardboard, bottles, plastics and glass,
  aluminum and steel cans.

Based on 6 concepts

• Comfort

• Electricity

• Water

• Natural materials

• Sewage treatment

• Food products

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The 6 Principles that define an Earthship
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Comfort Earthships maintain comfortable
temperatures in any climate.
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The 6 Principles that define an Earthship
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Electricity from the sun, wind, generator
and grid-intertie
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The 6 Principles that define an Earthship3
Sewage Treatment, Containment and Distribution
Sewage Earthships contain use and reuse all
household sewage in indoor and outdoor treatment
cells resulting in food production and
landscaping with no pollution of aquifers .
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Building with natural and recycled materials.
The 6 Principles that define an Earthship
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The 6 Principles that define an Earthship
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Water Catch water from the sky clean and
potable
Water caught from the roof channeled
through silt into the cistern feed a Water
Organizing Module with a pump and filter
The filters clean the water for consumption and
cleaning.
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The 6 Principles that define an Earthship
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Food Products
Earthship wetlands, the planters that hold
hundreds of gallons of water from sinks and the
shower are a great place for raising some of the
fresh produce
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Thank you