Tire Walls

Integrated Housing, Community, and Regenerative Development

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Pangea Biotecture is an integrated design–build and development platform focused on delivering housing and community infrastructure that is affordable, resilient, and regenerative by design. Pangea addresses the upfront cost of construction and the long-term operational realities that ultimately determine whether housing remains stable, dignified, and financially viable for the people it serves. Pangea’s core premise … Read more

Earthship Shipping Container Dawn Butterfly Cafe at Taos Pueblo – foundation construction

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Construction on the Foundation Pounding Tires for phase 1 of placing the first two 40′ shipping containers. The rammed earth encased in steel belted rubber will take the weight of the Earthship Shipping Container Cafe. We also have concrete at each corner. Rammed Earth Encased in Steel Belted Rubber creates super strong bricks using recycled … Read more

How Long Does it Take to Build an Earthship?

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A typical 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom earthship takes about 4 months to build with an experienced crew and materials organized and money flowing from a construction account. Building an Earthship yourself will take longer and depend on several factors but expect it to take at least six months. If you cannot work full time on … Read more

Off Grid and Self-Sustaining Homes with Jonah Reynolds

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▶Off Grid and Self-Sustaining Homes with Jonah Reynolds of EarthShipsPlay video · loads YouTube Have you heard of Earth Ships? This episode is with Jonah Reynolds, Earthship Biotect – which is the number one eco-construction and self-sufficient living design. Off-grid, self-sustainable houses. Absolutely an alternative investment. We talk about their construction, how they work and … Read more

How to pound tires and build tire walls

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Tire walls are made by laying tires in staggered courses like bricks or concrete blocks. Each tire is filled with compacted earth, so that it becomes a rammed earth brick encased in steel belted rubber, about 95% compacted. A pounded tire weighs over 300 pounds, therefore, all tires are pounded in place and are NOT … Read more

Harvesting Tires

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The tire is indigenous all over the world as a “natural resource”. Every city is a natural supplier of this item. It can be “harvested” with absolutely no technical devices or energy other than two human hands to pick it up and throw it into a pickup truck. The automobile tire is definitely an indigenous … Read more

Tire Offgassing

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40 years of research and development of self-sufficient housing made from recycled materials. This is an extensive study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison that was presented to us by the state of New Mexico. Development of Earth friendly and people friendly community living concepts that require little or no mortgage payment and no utility bills. … Read more

Tire Retaining Walls

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The same method for building structural walls in buildings can be applied when building retaining walls made with rammed earth encased in steel-belted rubber. Depending on the load the retaining wall is retaining, the batter and other adjustments should be considered. Some tire retaining walls have been built up to 25 ft. high.  Tires make an inexpensive solution that requires … Read more