Middle East "in Santa Isabel? The ecologist Ramón Quintana Avena develops Iranian architecture building in the ecovillage , where the creation of the environmentally friendly homes have created a landscape never before seen in Chihuahua.
At first glance look like a set of igloos , to befriend them, recalls a landscape of the Middle East, as the conical gorman closely resemble mosque windows in these villages. Upon entering the Mediterranean style home is evident, but the secret of its enclosing walls much more than just a green building, is a philosophy.
Ramon met this concept in an invitation of the English Society to give a speech in the Canary Islands, the festival of the Environment, 2008.
Nader Khalil (Cal-Earth ) , Iranian doctorate in architecture, was responsible for developing a building system with polypropylene bags , ie ordinary bags, filled with soil from the place where it is excavation, this material makes it a soil test to know your need of some item, then binds with lime or cement , it is cheaper for the builder.
Once the mixture requires some moisture, the bag is filled, compacted and thereby creates a super structure they are layers, between each placed barbed wire.
The houses are completely thermal, and they have heat gain during the day and very slow release of heat at night, this winter, while in summer and the domes are high, gave a lot of air movement, the while using elements such as wind direction and sunlight, achieving a purely ecological house.
installed in the houses are two types of drainage, one for the sewage that goes directly to a treatment plant anaerobic and one for gray water in the shower and sink that goes directly to the irrigation system greenhouses that bordered housing and which will get more heat.
Another attraction is the cost, as a house of this nature means a saving of 55 or 60 against a normal house with tile roof in terms of initial investment per square meter, we're talking about 3 thousand 500 pesos per square meter is equivalent to a housing block with a tin roof, according to the expert.
With respect to the durability of the houses of superadobe , Ramon says is at least a thousand years, since the seismic design against the same wall and ceiling is one piece, like an egg, then there is where the water leak. It depends obviously on the maintenance is minimal, for example every 10 years can apply waterproofing or if you use natural elements in three or four years. "
Data -house: 250 square meters of manufacture, the terrain varies in meters, according to specifications client, the floor may be ceramic or other material setting customer choice.
-Rules: Do not litter, respect the vegetation to grow new plants, are of the same ecosystem, make good use of energy.
-Location: Km 48 road-Cuauhtemoc Chihuahua, left, on the boulevard San Pedro Maldonado, until the end of the road.
-Family: 14
-Extension: 20 hectares
-Activities: Hiking night by experts in meteorology, astrology, mountain biking.
-Agriculture: Organic .
For more information consult ing. ecologist, grower and expert on permaculture Ramon Quintana UACh Oats. Taken
regional newspaper , Friday, February 4, 2011, Year 1 # 49.
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