What is Earthbag

EARTHBAG INFO PART 1
Patti Stouter
April 2012
and friends of www.EarthbagBuilding.com
HIGH TECH EARTH
Like geofabric
retaining
walls
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A SIMPLE PROCESS
Using
Hand
Tools
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On a footing
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Bags or tubes
hold earth or gravel
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Sandy clay for strength
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Gravel, sand, or rubble resist damp
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Laid in courses
Tamped firm
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Topped with barbed wire
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Overlapping like brick
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Built up to a bond beam
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With a roof
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Or a dome
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Plaster protects the bags
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:
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30% as costly as concrete block
Sustainable
Cool in hot regions
Less likely to mold than
concrete
§ Quiet inside
§ Safe from hurricanes and
weapons
§ All
YOURS!
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Use soil and details right for
your quake or flood risk level
Advice is available!
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HAITIAN, EAST INDIAN, SOUTH AFRICAN,
AND AMERICAN EARTHBAG-
For schools, clinics,
homes, and more!
WHAT IS EARTHBAG?
EARTHBAG INFO PART 1
See the other parts of the Earthbag info series
available online to learn about earthbag construction.
Example projects around the world are featured at:
http://www.earthbagbuilding.com/projects/projects.htm
and at: http://calearth.org/galleries/index.html
Free online booklets give more details. See
http://www.earthbagbuilding.com/articles.htm
Strong buildings require care and advice. Before
building, purchase a book or video, take a course, and/
or seek advice from experienced builders and/ or
architects or engineers.
Books and videos available at:
http://www.earthbagbuilding.com/resources.htm
Volunteers are welcome to translate this series! Please
ask for an original file and let us post a copy.
This work by Patti Stouter is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Thanks for hard work and
sharing photos:
Slides:
School, Pune, India
1, 11, 12, & 14- Small World
School, Phuleli, Nepal
2 left, 13- Residence by
architect Vallejo, Bogota,
Columbia
2 right- www.Terram.fr
4, 17 bottom left- M. Gunn and
S. Smoot, Children of Hope
Orphanage, Leogane, Haiti
7 left- K. Hart
9- O. Geiger www.GRISB.org
10, 16- E. Bellamy, University
of Cincinnati prototype,
Kentucky, US
17 upper left- Rasin Foundation
Clinic, Leogane, Haiti
17 upper right- Next Aid Child
Support Center, South Africa
17 middle- Kennedy Residence,
Utah, US
8, 17 bottom right- Aman Setu
A public service of www.SimpleEarthStructures.com
Teaching video series now available to purchase
online at: https://www.createspace.com/326032
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