Earth homes; Building Design Process integrated with Nature
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Earth Homes, Earth Dwellings, Sustainable Building, Economic Design, Nature Integrated Design, Earthen Material Designs, Ecological Design, Underground HomesAbstract
It is a well known fact that the construction and operation of buildings consume the majority
of the world's natural resources and energy, and contribute the bulk of landfill waste. Close to this fact is
the issue of housing affordability to which majority of the worlds citizens fall victim to. Many housing
problems could be traced to this issue of home affordability while in the backdrop, lies alternative ideas
and means of providing less complex shelters that are more economical and sustainable, by the use of
renewable and subsistent materials and techniques that are less tasking than the modern techniques of our
present day ‘Construction technology’.
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