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ADOBE WORKSHOP ! in Terlingua, Texas. Adobe workshop is something
we are working on happening soon, perhaps in the early spring. If you'd like to be kept informed, and perhaps participate,
please leave us your email and phone number at mailto:mail@terlinguacitylimits.com
Here's a link to a good stabilized adobe block formula
For more alternative bldg. possibilities, living or commercial space, click here.
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The following thumbnails will enlarge to share some of Terlingua's, Big Bend area's, desert adapted
buildings. Wunderlich's, Moore's, and Kern's are featured below, and more will be shown soon.
Wunderlich building:
The wall facing the East, also the highest wall is 15 feet high. The above ground walls are
made of adobe brick "14" thick, and the under ground walls are concrete block and rock, being 18 inches thick. All
energy is supplied with Solar panels and battery stored energy, and gas heating and cooking. Needs little cooling
in summer, and heat in winter because of the massive earth insulation.
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| Adobe block over West Cement Block and Rock Wall |
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| First three layers of adobe block are stableized, due to ground contact |
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| THE WEST WALL, stablized adobe block |
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| Ground level is 6 feet above interior floor |
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| Backfilled from the West |
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| Walls on the west are 6 feet dirt backfilled |
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| Water catchment tank running over after 1.5 " rain |
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| There's never enough tanks to catch the rain! |
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| South View |
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KERNS' BUILDING. This Egyptian
style adobe building and roof is completely constructed with adobe blocks. Kerns organized a workshop from
the making of adobe block to completing the entire structure. Simone Swan brought this type of building to Big
Bend, having studied with the author of the book Architecture for the Poor, in Egypt.
A lovely site to see on the desert's horizon.
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| Kerns' adobe building |
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| Vaulted ceiling |
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MOORE's Solar and Wind Generated home
Marbert lives with enough solar and wind generated energy that one would use from a city power
plant. For about the same cost that Rio Grande Electric charges for installing four electric power
poles, he has his own power plant, with no monthly bills, and no poles obstructing his views.
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| Energy efficient bulding and Wind Mill _Generator |
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| Energy effecient , light weight walls |
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| Solar Panels, Wind Mill, and small bldg. |
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| Ideal set up for 'off the grid' who want to live like 'on the grid' |
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