Welcome to organic architecture-natural building and retrofitting.
This list is about building and retrofitting using super cheap natural materials and recycled ones. This list is a catch-all list to deal with all kinds of building materials : adobe, cob, papercrete, sawdust, reeds, stone, sawdust/concrete, straw, cordwood, earthbags, tire walls, straw bales, poles, bamboo, thatch, turf, and the recycling of materials like cardboard, rail road ties, used power poles, glass bottles, steel, aluminum and broken concrete in mixed format alternatives. And retrofitting standard houses, shipping containers and mobile homes with the materials mentioned above. Any shape can be discussed : rectangular , round, square, dome, oval or pyramid. It can be built above ground, in ground or underground. From tents and tipis to old grain and missile silos. Stationary or mobile if a safe earth friendly house can be made of it lets talk about it.
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