Eco-Architecture

[kerryraikes]

Far out, Man...

[faz1400]

i'm in the weird side of youtube again .....

[T0RK]

I have heard that cities are more efficient per person, but I find it hard to believe, what with the laundrimat lights on 24/7 the absurd amount of traffic etc. If you live in a house like this, and have your own farm, you are darn well greener than someone in a city. That said, cities do need to convert before its too late!

[komanoise]

these people are freaking poetic

[pulsedrop]

Why does it seem that every "green home" is in the country? How sustainable do you think it would be for all 300 million Americans to live in rural "green homes"? They'd have to drive for miles just to go to the store, visit friends/family, or go to work/school...

There's a reason why we have cities. It's time we make them green.

[ronyalefaio]

Beautiful Job Mate...Well Done...That's How I Build too...No Blueprints...Just Build for What your eyes believed and also the Bond Between the House and Nature....Love you Shared it with Peoples too....Nice..

[ronyalefaio]

Beautiful Job Mate...Well Done...That's How I Build too...No Blueprints...Just the Power of the Mind and Nature....Love you Shared it with Peoples....Nice..

[Damis10001]

Wow, love these people! You guys are great!

[atelier27]

This is beautiful. There will always be someone sitting on their butt to complain about how "you're" not doing enough. Not green enough, used a material someone didn't like etc, just like any other type of armchair quarterback. I commend you for all the work you are doing, for thinking about taking on this project with such good things and intentions in mind. And for above all taking real action. Keep taking action, you have inspired me today.

[MrPlanet00001]

I was with you on the eco...untill I saw the OSB and the Shingles. Lose those products and you are much closer. Fantastic concept...great work!

[deltatfraidy]

ohhhhhhh god ,thats all i can say

[troncx]

I like the time spent on the projects, clients usually want whatever, but fast, and low initial cost, if possible downtown, and with a stupid wish list of expensive materials they wan't to have, probably just to impress someone

[powis]

there's an entire forest used on each of this buldings u should plant 3 more trees for each you cut to use on your constructions.

[TheComrad7]

Check out Earth Lodge 2.0 from eco friendly shelters! Now, this is Eco!

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[CarsonConcreteCorp]

A good video. To save our environment going green with construction is the best option available.

[sublimedog]

wow

[Pimpmastahanhduece]

if theres any reason humans should be able to cut down trees, its for houses in which they live. the nice thing is that if you build by the woods clearing an acre would both make the actual land without building on top of a meadow and the wood which is now a residence builds a decent sized house. thats VERY eco-friendly IMO. It has alot to do with money too, after all, it is still a business. Large construction projects' budgets rely greatly on discounts in using local resources.less gas burned.

[tractoring]

Great vibe on this video. Do you have an code restrictions in that area or is it fairly liberal. I would have liked to build somewhat in that free form style except the code in my area is confining and I just rolled with it where I had to. Wood used with respect is ecological but some people have their own definitions. Keep doing things!

[wolf78000]

timber is a perfectly renewable material. In the developed countries of the western world, forest management and sustainable logging, results in a current  INCREASE in forest cover. Not only is timber a renewable material but it also acts as a carbon sink.

[CHADLEE23]

just so u know u have architectural shingles on a 3/12 pitch which is almost flat.. hope there is no snow or ice in that climate..next time use GAF elk rolled roofing on flatter roofs they wont leak in the winter.

[IampureSol]

Woah that guy in the blue shirt is hot!!! Nice : ) Eco-Architecture is neat

[deledredon]

they are talking much more about autoctony than green building itself!

really great designs! giant buildings

[vastuarchitect]

these are just fine. while full log uses about 40% more lumber than conventional 2x4 stick built homes - these have a lot more permanence, and most likely provide a much healthier

enclosure with fully natural materials.

ecological architecture is the way to go for a sustainable future.

[vongzendik]

Hi AKAOJ-

Eco-Architecture provides design in harmony with nature, including its immediate environments. Decisions are taken on ecological grounds covering location, siting and orientation, as well as the well-informed choice of materials.

[vongzendik]

Eco-Architecture makes every effort to minimise the use of energy at each stage of the buildings life cycle, including that embodied in the extraction and transportation of materials, their fabrication, their assembly into the building and ultimately the ease and value of their recycling when the buildings life is over.

[vongzendik]

Our design take into account the use of energy in building maintenance and changes in its use, not to mention its lighting, heating and cooling, particularly when the energy concerned involves the emission of greenhouse gases. Look Closer to the Lumber being used, does it look New?

We use Recycled Materials, from Lumber, Windows, doors, and Sometimes Nails, that we straighten ourselves.

[vongzendik]

Bamboo will cost too much Time and Money to transport to where we live. All of the Logs in the 'Cord wood' construction are all logs that fell and would have rotten in the forest. I didn't film the foundation of the Buildings but there are Sandbags, cinder blocks, mud and concrete. Materials we got from doing "Demos", Demolitions of old Barns and Buildings near us.

[sloan88]

@vongzendik at least wood is bio degradable and renewable. with bamboo you will also have to think about transport as it doesnt grow everywhere that would harm the environment

[vongzendik]

please rewatch the video. And if you still feel, what we are doing isn't up to your Standards of "Eco-Architecture" Please send us pictures and details of your "Green" projects so we can enlighten each other.

Onward Towards saving this Earth for Ourselves and our Children.

Vong

[AKAOJ]

Sorry man i didnt hear you guys saying this was all recycled materials. I guess that's cool. All i really noticed was that there is ALOT of wood being used.

I dont have green projects of my own. Im just 20 with a horrible job, but i can point you in the directection of some eco houses that use miniaml materials, and no reason to hurt the enviroment in anyway.

Just Google earth bags, or earth ships. Though you cant get the intricate detail you would from wood. I feel works good.

[vongzendik]

AKAOJ-

NP, Thanks For the Heads up with Earth Bags, and Odd thing is I just ran across the earth Ship Books on the shelves, Volume 2 & 3. by Michael Reynolds. I'm looing for volume 1 ATM.

Oh BTW, I looked at your Channel, and My Son LOVES Halo. he plays it all the time.

If you ever want to come visit and help us build our Arts Complex give us a call. or check the Web site for more Info.

[AKAOJ]

Haha that was a long time ago. I used to want to be a games designer, But over the recent years ive become more interested in a way a can make this world a better place.

I will strongly consider visiting, Im kinda drifting at the moment and have no clue what to do with my life. Do you have a link to your website so i can check it out?

Another thing ive seen is they now use straw bails to insulate and clay to plaster walls. There are cheap wasy to make wind turbines too.

[vengance89]

@AKAOJ

wood is renewable and very ecological

[sloan88]

@AKAOJ 

[deledredon]

@AKAOJ ITS SUSTAINABLE cause its - DO IT YOURSELF!!! if you plant lot of trees you could use their wood in a human scale DiY- but i prefer to use BAMBOOS!!!! giant bambus!

[AKAOJ]

@deledredon

So by your logic, anything do it yourself is sustainable.

So is a do it yourself outdated diesel engine sustainable?

You can see the entire convo i had with these guys. They said they use reclaimed and recycled wood, Now that is sustainable.

Thats being said Bamboo is a much better building material because it grows so fast.

[jetle25]

@AKAOJ Its called SUSTAINABLE BUILDING for a reason. You can harvest trees in a manner so that they REGROW. Wow Nature right? It regrows if it can. At the moment people are cutting down ancient trees in the rainforest where suprise its VERY HARD to impossible to grow back. Yes Bamboo would work too. You can recycle tires but it probably leaches chemicals. Mud of course that can be used along with wood. Its not green washing its called using your brain and imagination in a sustainable way.

[jetle25]

@jetle25 Just saw other posts. Don't mean to be bashing you but I felt I had to be put my 2 cents in about what sustainable design is and how you had some great ideas. But shouldn't knock anything unless you know what is really being done.

[gerbrandgrobler]

@AKAOJ dude how many brick house can regrow itself. trees can grow again sustainable ,

[db10001110101]

@AKAOJ I love hearing comments from people like you who really know nothing about the world they life it. Hey guess what. I know you probably wont believe this but thereare more trees in this country now then when Columbus got here. Yes its true. Mainly because we fight plant trees and fight forest fires that before burnt much larger areas. Also do you recycle paper? Do you know that causes more polution then making the original paper dont ya? Its true.

[AKAOJ]

@db10001110101 God damn, would yall read the rest of that original conversation. The confusion was resolved. Using trees is nowhere near as sustainable as bamboo or hemp. Tree's also take years and years to grow back full size, seriously impairing the lands ability to work as a carbon sink. Much of Americas natural forest and wildlife has been reserved to national forests. All to make way for malls and cookie cutter cardboard mini mansions. BTW of course i recycle.

[db10001110101]

@AKAOJ Did you read my whole comment? I recycle only because it saves me from paying for trash pickup. Reycling, if you had read my entire comment, paper causes more polution then it took to make the paper originally. It doesnt help but causes more polution.

[pimientopadron3]

Si todo el mundo se hiciese sus casas así no tendriamos ni un solo arbol.

No me parece tan ecologico, es preferible usar barro, piedras, paja, materiales reciclados, y madera la necesaria, pero a mi me parece un derroche en madera.

[rolfrollingstone]

rebueno loco!!!

[Alavistaven2012]

Please let me work with you ;_;

[peacebaba]

that took my breath away....

[myrna1210]

bravo!

[botin19]

Great!!!! an inspiration!

[ldhablo666]

soooo bad ass. nice work. i can see the evolution of the architecture. congrats.

[85vf700f]

Beautiful

[flashandshan]

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[legnax2]

Looks and sounds great! How do I sign up?