Houses made from garbage and dirt - economical, environmentally friendly, unusual!

Many people dream of owning their own home, but not everyone can afford to build their own home, since the necessary financial costs look quite impressive. But you can look at this problem from the other side. Almost anyone can, using natural resources, build an environmentally friendly and durable home from items that, at first glance, are completely unsuitable for this purpose. What kind of housing is this?

What is an eco-house?

Many enthusiasts have become adept at building houses from wood chips, corks, and various waste materials. In Nigeria, for example, residents began to build houses from unwanted bottles.

Eco-house made from bottles in Nigeria

To do this, dry sand is poured into empty plastic bottles and walls are formed from them, using them as bricks. Such elements are fastened together using a mortar made from local clay with the addition of cement.

Eco-house made of bamboo.

Advantages of houses made from garbage and dirt

Such structures have a number of advantages compared to ordinary houses.

In particular, these benefits include:

• availability of materials;
• maintaining optimal temperature conditions;
• fire safety;
• manufacturability;
• bulletproof.

Eco-house made of wood in Russia

Reference! Eco-dwellings made from garbage and dirt are not even afraid of earthquakes!

Design Features

During the construction of such a dwelling, the features of the terrain are taken into account. Environmentally friendly materials such as soil, clay, wood and bamboo are used. Walls made of such materials provide pleasant coolness in summer and retain heat better than others in winter.

House made of soil bags in Colombia

The materials most commonly used for the construction of eco-houses are:

• tree;
• glass;
• stone;
• concrete;
• straw;
• metal.

Reference! The most creative builders of these homes use passive solar energy strategies to improve energy efficiency.

The design of the eco-houses being built involves the use of an innovative approach to the heating, cooling, thermal insulation, ventilation and lighting systems.

Examples of eco-houses abroad

Many people manage to create truly interesting structures from various waste and dirt.

Houses made from iron pipe fragments in Australia

It is quite difficult to call this building a home in the literal sense of the word, but tourists will certainly be interested in spending the night there.

This can only be done in the warm months, since the bedrooms are not insulated or heated.

Unusual hotel in Spain

A group of enthusiasts managed to build a two-story hotel with five rooms in Madrid. The building has a wooden frame, the interior and exterior are made from a variety of garbage found on the beaches and in the ocean.

The leading idea behind the creation of this hotel was to focus public attention on the problem of huge amounts of garbage and environmental pollution.

House made from trash in Brazil

In Florianópolis, located on the island of Santa Catarina, an artist from Uruguay managed to build a picturesque cottage from construction waste found nearby. During the construction of the building, fragments of household appliances, pieces of wood, fragments of mirrors and glass, bottles and ceramic tiles were used.

The home turned out to be comfortable and quite spacious. It has sleeping places, a bathroom, a fully functional kitchen and such amenities as television, the Internet and air conditioning.

Hotel in the silos

In Oregon there is an original hotel with five cozy rooms. An enterprising American couple turned three silos, which could no longer be used for their intended purpose, into a full-fledged hotel.

Many tourists enjoy staying in this picturesque place.

House made of glass bottles and jars in the USA

In 1941, pharmacist John Hope built a cottage out of glass bottles and jars for his daughter in three months.

This unusual house has survived to this day.

Now it is a museum that tourists enjoy visiting.

Houses made of garbage and dirt in Russia

A resident of Tyumen managed to build an original dwelling from oil waste on his own garden plot, shaped like a large dugout. An ecologist from Tyumen was able to design a dwelling from purified drill cuttings (dentomix), which is an environmentally friendly material, excellently retains its shape and has excellent thermal insulation properties.

Ecohouse in Tyumen

Eco-housing in Russia is almost no different from similar structures in other countries of the world. During their operation, solar energy and autonomous heating systems are used in the same way.

Eco-houses cannot be considered just a fashionable trend from the West. As energy prices continue to rise steadily, the problem of housing operating costs is becoming more pressing. Therefore, at present, the construction of energy-saving houses from environmentally friendly materials is developing with redoubled activity. In addition, such a structure can be erected even without outside help and construction skills.