earthship
Recycled material home
An earthship is a type of passive solar house built from natural and recycled materials—particularly earth-filled tires, aluminum cans, and glass bottles.
Earthships are designed to be self-sufficient, generating their own electricity, collecting rainwater, and treating sewage on-site.
The movement originated in New Mexico in the 1970s: They lived off-grid in an earthship outside Taos.
Sun-dried clay bricks
- cobMaize ear's central cylinder
- clerestoryElevated fenestrated church wall
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- bioclimaticRelating climate to organisms
Independence from outside aid
- cisternWater storage chamber
- photovoltaicLight-to-electricity converting
- homesteadingSelf-reliant land-based lifestyle
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
Creatively remade from waste
- salvagedRescued from destruction
- repurposedConverted to new use
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
- low-costRequiring little money
adobe
Sun-dried clay bricks
- cobMaize ear's central cylinder
- clerestoryElevated fenestrated church wall
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
bioclimatic · Taos · net-zero
self-sufficiency
Independence from outside aid
- cisternWater storage chamber
- photovoltaicLight-to-electricity converting
- homesteadingSelf-reliant land-based lifestyle
autonomy · biogas · resilience · independence
upcycled
Creatively remade from waste
- salvagedRescued from destruction
- repurposedConverted to new use
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
- dwellingshouse, home, apartment, cabin, cottage
- lodginghotel, inn, motel, hotels, hostel
- homesteadinghomesteading, self-sufficiency, off-grid living, off-grid, chicken coop
- rural homesfarmhouse, log cabin, country cottage, cottage, cabin
- small dwellingstiny house, tiny home, tiny homes, tiny houses, micro apartment
- earthen structuresadobe, cob, mudbrick, adobe brick, earthworks
earthshiptract home
Standardized development dwelling
prefab house · McMansion · manufactured home · mobile home · modular home
earthshipMcMansion
Ostentatious mass-produced dwelling
tract housing · suburban development · spec home · cookie-cutter house · commercial construction
ship, earth, earthy, shipping, earthquake, spaceship, earthly, warship, earthenware