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INTD 51 human environments
alternative housing types
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• alternative housing types
• tree houses
• buildings constructed among the branches
• around or next to the trunk of one or more mature
  trees
• and are raised above
• the ground

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• alternative housing types
• tree houses are built and used for recreation
• as temporary retreats
• even for permanent habitation

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alternative housing types treehouses are an
option for building eco-friendly facilities in
remote forest areas, because they do not require
a clearing of a certain area of forest
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• alternative housing types
• in some parts of the tropics, ordinary houses are
  built in trees or elevated on stilts to
• keep the living quarters
• above hazards at ground
• level
• to keep the occupants
• any stored food out of
• reach of scavenging animals

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• alternative housing types
• earth sheltered housing
• the architectural practice of using earth against
  building walls for
• external thermal mass
• to reduce heat loss
• to easily maintain a
• steady indoor air
• temperature

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alternative housing types earth sheltering is
popular in modern times among advocates of
passive solar and sustainable architecture but
has been around for nearly as long as humans have
been constructing their own shelter
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• alternative housing types
• living within earth shelters has been a large
  part of human history
• the connection to earth shelter dwellings began
  with the utilization of caves
• over time evolving
• technologies led to the
• construction of customized
• earth dwellings

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• alternative housing types
• progress has been slow
• earth shelter construction is often viewed by
  architects, engineers, and the public alike as an
  unconventional method of building

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alternative housing types natural solar
architecture passive solar technologies are
means of using sunlight for useful energy without
use of active mechanical systems (as contrasted
to active solar)
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• alternative housing types
• passive solar technologies
• convert sunlight into usable heat (water, air,
  thermal mass), cause air-movement for ventilating
• store heat for future use
• with little use of other energy sources

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• alternative housing types
• passive solar systems have
• little to no operating costs
• often low maintenance costs
• emit no greenhouse gases in operation
• they do, however need to be
• optimized to yield the best
• performance and economics

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alternative housing types passive solar
technologies often yield high solar savings,
especially for space heating when combined with
active solar technologies or photovoltaics even
higher conventional energy savings can be
achieved
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• alternative housing types
• straw-bale construction
• building method that uses straw bales as
  structural elements, insulation, or both
• commonly used in natural building
• has advantages over some
• conventional building systems
• because of
• cost
• easy availability
• high insulation value

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alternative housing types straw bale building
typically consists of stacking rows of bales
(often in running-bond) on a raised footing or
foundation, with a moisture barrier between the
bales and their supporting platform
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alternative housing types bale walls can be tied
together with pins of bamboo, rebar, or wood
(internal to the bales or on their faces) or
with surface wire meshes, and then stuccoed or
plastered, either with a cement-based mix or an
earth/clay render
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alternative housing types bale buildings can
have structural frame of other materials, with
bales simply serving as insulation and stucco
substrate, ("infill" technique), most often
required in northern regions where the potential
snow-loading can exceed the strength of the bale
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alternative housing types alternatively, the
bales may actually provide the structural support
for the building in a "load-bearing technique
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alternative housing types a combination of
framing and load-bearing techniques may also be
employed, referred to as "hybrid" straw bale
construction
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alternative housing types typically
"field-bales", bales created on farms with baling
machines have been used recently higher-density
"precompressed" bales (or "straw-blocks") are
increasing the loads that may be supported
where field bales might support around 600
pounds per linear foot of wall, the high
density bales bear up to 4,000 lb./lin.ft.
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• alternative housing types
• this has just been a brief overview of four
  alternative types of housing
• other alternatives include
• floating homes
• log homes
• manufactured homes
• modular homes
• pre-fab houses
• rvs trailers

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• alternative housing types
• other alternatives include
• floating homes
• log homes
• manufactured homes
• modular homes
• pre-fab houses
• rvs trailers

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• alternative housing types
• floating homes

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• alternative housing types
• floating homes

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• alternative housing types
• other alternatives include
• floating homes
• log homes
• manufactured homes
• modular homes
• pre-fab houses
• rvs trailers

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• alternative housing types
• log homes

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• alternative housing types
• other alternatives include
• floating homes
• log homes
• manufactured homes
• modular homes
• pre-fab houses
• rvs trailers

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• alternative housing types
• manufactured homes

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• alternative housing types
• other alternatives include
• floating homes
• log homes
• manufactured homes
• modular homes
• pre-fab houses
• rvs trailers

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• alternative housing types
• modular homes

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• alternative housing types
• other alternatives include
• floating homes
• log homes
• manufactured homes
• modular homes
• pre-fab houses
• rvs trailers

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alternative housing types
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• alternative housing types
• this has just been a brief overview of four
  alternative types of housing
• other alternatives include
• floating homes
• log homes
• manufactured homes
• modular homes
• pre-fab houses
• rvs trailers

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• alternative housing types
• rvs trailers

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• alternative housing types
• rvs trailers

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alternative housing types What other
alternatives can you think of?
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• binder activity
• Section 5Alternative Housing Types
• Research 3-5 alternative housing types and print
  appropriate information for your file/binder.
  For each of the types that you research, include
  images and answer the following questions
• How does this style work in this climate? If it
  is not appropriate for this climate, where does
  it function best?
• Could modifications to the design be made that
  would make it appropriate for this climate?
• How does this housing type meet the needs of your
  client?
• What are the basics that a designer needs to know
  before choosing this housing type?

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binder activity Section 6Selected Housing
Style Decide upon the alternative housing type
that you will be usingwrite 500 words (2 pages)
describing the housing type the pros and cons
of the type according to your client location.
Include any diagrams and images that help
illustrate the building style.