longway home buildboston architectural presentation
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Long Way Home’s mission
is to break the cycle of
poverty among youth in
developing communities by
•Creating educational
opportunitiesTecnico Maya Vocational School
•Cultivating civic
interactionSimajuleu Civic Group
•Encouraging healthy
lifestylesParque Chimyá
Recycling
Typical method of trash disposal
Lago Atitlan
San Juan Comalapa
population 39,000
Town centerDept. of Chimaltenango
4 slides of comalapa
Why Comalapa?
• 71% unemployment rate
• Few educational and work
opportunities after 6th grade
• Guatemala has a population of 14.02
million and over 400,000 youth are in
gangs, which is about 2.8%
Tecnico Maya Vocational
School
A practical demonstration of transforming waste into a
• structurally sound
• eco-friendly
• low-cost structure
Curriculum will teach new industries that will keep a
cycle of environmental hygiene ongoing and provide
jobs for Comalapa today and tomorrow
Partnership with community
Collaboration with Tecnico Maya staff
Masterplan
vocational workshops
construction: ongoing
projected completion : spring 2010
carpentry/masonry/electrical/welding
alternative construction
primary school classrooms
construction: begin winter 2010
projected completion : spring 2011
K-6th , standard government curriculum
with additional mayan focus
small business entrepurnurship
Tires are collected from Chimaltenango, 30 miles away
Excavation
Retaining wall
Foundation trench
Foundation is filled with gravel and gravel-filled tires
Crew uses sledge hammer to pound tires
with earth excavated from site
Window with earthbags and bond beam formed
Completed bond beam
“There are more tires than trees on earth. Why not build with something
we don’t need to survive?” - Mike Reynolds, The Newshour Show with Jim
Lehrer, 2009
6 principles of an “Earthship”:
Water / Electricity / Sewage / Comfort / Food
1. Incorporating the CONCEPT of the 6 principles into planning and
design. Using second-use materials and heating/cooling with out fuel
as much as possible.
2. Incorporating SOME of the METHODS of the Earthship into new
design and/or retrofitting existing structures.
3. Incorporating ALL of the METHODS, ie. building an Earthship
*one story, small , unattached structures
*parks – pavilions, sheds, bleachers
*residential homes, garages and sheds, extending into the
suburbs
4. Use trash from areas where unable to build earthships to build in
locations where earthsips are already being built . A sophisticated
recycling + rerouting system would allow cities another way to
engage in the effort of using less natural resources in addition to
alternative building practices.
Other considerations:
-Codes + permitting -Higher quantity of materials
-Legal system -More access to collection facilities
-LEED
-Regulation + testing
The Mass State Building Code allows for tire construction under the
section for “Alternative Building”. Each code official has his/her own
right to make their own interpretations and rulings about the code.
“Every state follows the same Uniform Building Code. This code has a
clause that allows for alternative methods "not covered in this
document." It states that alternative methods must meet requirements
and standards of those presented in the UBC. Your objective would,
therefore, be to illustrate that Earthship Biotecture meets and exceeds the
standards put forth in the UBC.” -earthship.net
-Quantity of materials
-Access to collection facilities
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