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Project: Eco Lodge
Date:October 2006 - June 2008

Summary:

My girlfriend and I purchased a RV Park in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico. The property has a artesian hot spring with a very comfortable 108.1F mineral water. We are transforming this RV Park to a Green Hotel. The construction we are doing is focused heavily on reuse. We are using papercrete for fencing and insulation. We will be generating our own power (PV panels). This project is promoting a radical reuse, rapid building techniques, and making your own cost effective building materials.

Blog:
Green Acre has a blog which normally receives 2-3 posts per day. See blog for most recent photos and updates.

Video:

Prickly Pear Paint
(20070823)

Ferrocement Tie Techniques
(20070823)

Shipping Containers Stucco
(20070629)

Spraying Papercrete
(20070601)

Tools Show
(20070519)

Lets Make Papercrete
(20070510)

Shipping Containers
(20070507)

Green Mobile Home
(20070426)

Make a Papercrete Fence
(20070424)

Green Pioneers
(20070422)

Green Acre re-use
(20070130)

Images:

Files:

  1. sketchup (initial layout)
  2. sketchup (end goal)
  3. room design
  4. fence
  5. container 2 barrel vault conversion
  6. insulated papercrete wall (engineer approved)
  7. hemispherical dome ( FC / PC ) battery room (engineer approved)

Press:

  1. Sentinel 20070601 pg. 1
  2. Sentinel 20070601 pg. 2
  3. CNET pre fab homes (plus our trailer!)

Links:

  • ferrocement.net picture gallery
  • papercreters mail list
  • papercreters youtube video archvies