This is a joint presentation by Zero Waste SA, the Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture and Design, the Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre and the State of Design Festival.
Discover Earthship and how it could be applied Down Under.
Architect Michael Reynolds, of Taos, New Mexico, USA will present his key principles of sustainable architecture. Mike is the originator of the "Earthship" a self-sufficient, energy efficient house which provides its own heating/cooling, electricity, water and sewage treatment. Most notably, the Earthship is made from "waste": approximately 1000 end-of-life car tyres are used in a typical 3 bedroom home thereby creating beautiful (you won't see the tyres!), durable, load-bearing walls from a waste product that is highly problematic to recycle. Aluminium cans, glass bottles, and sheet metal from white goods, are also creatively embodied in the Earthship thus reducing the cost and the impact on the environment.
