Euro Earthship
Passive solar house that is made of both natural and upcycled materials (such as earth-packed tires). Completely off-grid providing electricity, potable water, contained sewage treatment, heating & cooling and sustainable food production.
SCOPE + SERVICES
Full Architectural Services for Off-Grid Residence. Design Development, Permitting, Construction
Project Manager + Builder
Project Details
Location
Taos, New Mexico
Size
1,850sf 3bed, 2bath
Project Type
Ground-Up Turn-Key Residence.
with Earthship Biotecture.
Client Testimonial:
We purchased our earthship 2007. This Model type was the newest custom model with greenhouse at this time.
Both of us feel blessed to be able to live in this beautiful, well crafted home.
Jonah and Michael Reynolds and the team at Earthship Biotecture are very professional and wonderful to work with.
All the doors and cabinets are beautifully hand crafted with attention to detail and ease of use.
The floors are all fitted and finished flagstone, running throughout both the home and green space used for growing. Construction is solid and we have copper detailing around all windows! We chose this one because it had an open side with huge windows facing the mountains.
We thought it would be cold in the room with the view, so we installed a Morse revolving wood stove. As it has turned out, we seldom need to use it, as our Earthship keeps us quite comfortable. We fire it up only during cloudy snowy days and for atmosphere.
All our systems work very efficiently.
Planter gardens in both bedroom and great room provide us with a wonderful quality of life. Adobe walls are finished in all rooms with artistic touches and the large vigas line the ceilings in every room.
Easy floor planters in the greenhouse grow multiple fig trees as well as smaller vegetables. Skylights provide for extra lighting and ventilation.
Earthship living lacks NO convenience and has so much advantage! Sincerely, Romaldo and Carol Ranellone