CONSTRUCTION MANUAL

Sophia AvilaKlaudia Zarakowski

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACQUISITION OF MATERIAL -Indigenous, Local, Imported

HOW TO GATHER MATERIALS-Quantity, overall bins

OVERALL EQUIPMENT- Tools needed

SITE PLACEMENT/ OBERSVATIONSun/road/ tree conditions, angling on paper, how gathering space would be, map out where toilets and well would be WELLGather machinery needed, details of building well

TOILETSGather machinery needed, details of building toilets

IRRIGATION STORAGE TANK-Gather machinery needed, details of building storage tank

BRICKS -Make bricks and allow them to dry during

SECONDARY SITE MANIPULATION- Do entire topography and recycling landscape TIRE WALL CONSTRUCTION -Gather materials and tools needed, map out where tires go, show technique of tire pound-ing

DETAILS OF WALLS, 3 OPTIONS-Detail options, different finishes, openings are applied to all walls pre-conditions

ROOF CONSTRUCTION-External roof, materials and tools needed, building details

SECONDARY ROOD - Gather materials and tools needed

FILL IN WALLS WITH GLASS-Gather materials and tools needed

DEVELOPMENT OF WATER COLLECTION- Gather materials and tools needed, map out columns, map out channels, build columns, funnels and channels

BRICK WALLS-Gather materials and tools needed, map out bricks, build walls

DETAILING OUT FINISHES-Landscape, seeds, finishes

FURINITURE-Gather materials and tools needed, assemble furniture

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DETAILS OF WALLS, 3 OPTIONS-Detail options, different finishes, openings are applied to all walls pre-conditions

ROOF CONSTRUCTION-External roof, materials and tools needed, building details

SECONDARY ROOD - Gather materials and tools needed

FILL IN WALLS WITH GLASS-Gather materials and tools needed

DEVELOPMENT OF WATER COLLECTION- Gather materials and tools needed, map out columns, map out channels, build columns, funnels and channels

BRICK WALLS-Gather materials and tools needed, map out bricks, build walls

DETAILING OUT FINISHES-Landscape, seeds, finishes

FURINITURE-Gather materials and tools needed, assemble furniture

TIRE WALLS How to pound a tire

Tire walls are made by laying tires in staggered courses like brick or concrete block. Each tire if filled with compacted earth, so that it becomes a rammed earth brick encased in steel belted rubber. A pounded tire weighs over 300 pounds, so all tires are pounded in place and only minor movements can be made.

Tire pounding should be done in teams of two people, a shoveler and a pounder.

9"direction of

sledgehammer strokes

empty tire

9"

pounded tire2"+

7" or 7-1/2"

Each tire takes about three of rous wheelbarrows of dirt. The tire will become full of dirt and begin to swell up. The sledgehammer strokes shown go into the casing. Level the ground so that it is 9" below the top of the pounded tire.

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TIRE WALLS Laying down rows of tires

gaps

edge of cardboard cardboard

Courses for the tires are staggered, in the same way as brick or concrete block. As you lay a tire for the second course, the dirt will fall through the gaps created where the tires round inward. To remedy this, lay a piece of cardboard inside the tire to temporarily hold the dirt.

BLOCKING Adding a block due to the irregularities of the tires

spacer block

plan of corner

blowup of corner detail

path of wire

12 gauge wire

16 cc nails

There will be times when a half tire is necessary. In these situations, solid wood block is used.

L connection blocks can be done with two blocks. Tie these blocks into the tire walls, using 12 gauge wire. Nail the wire to blocks and tires with 16 cc nails. Use the placements of the nails to stretch and tigthen the wire.

ANCHOR BOLTS Anchoring the space frame roof to the tire walls

location of anchor bolt

hollow out compacted earth drill metal

out for anchor bolt

The space frame roof structure will be fastened to the tire walls using anchor bolts set in concrete. Bolts will be located in every other tire on the top course.

To set the bolts, first hollow out about one gallon of compacted earth from the tires. Hollow all the way down the the bottom of the tire. Fill the void with concrete. It is important that the cement be flush with the top of the tire as it will cause problems with the top plate.

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SCRATCH AND FINISH COAT Tools needed and basic concept

sponge float

small trowel

scratcherhock

swimming pool trowels come in different sizes but must have rounded edges

site constructed 1/4" hardware cloth screen with frame and stand

scratch coat

finish coat

apply finish coat over scratch coat

For a scratch coat, now that all the surfaces are prepared, the stratch coat can be applied. This coat is applied with swimming pool trowels that have rounded ends. it is also good to have a hock to hold the mud. the mud dirt is half dirt half sand. The mud must be sifted through a 1/4" screen.

Scratch the mud horizontally with a scratcher after it is applied and still wet. This makes the surface rough enough to recieve the final coat.

The finish mud is different proportion of sand and dirt. the proportion is usually two sands and one dirt.

The packing of the voids betwen the tires can begin very soon after the tires are laid. Throw a double handful of mud in the void between the two tires and then stick an aluminum can in the mud. the can acts as a spacer to reduce the amount of mud needed and to facilitate the drying process. after that layer is dry, take more mud and cover teh aluminum cans, then stick two more cans.

PACKING TIRES Basic concept

tires before packing step 1

stiff mud

can

cans behind mud

stiff mudleave tread exposed

step 2