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Living Shade Garden Unit
When I discovered that “grillos” (grasshoppers) were killing our baby tomatoe seedlings, I needed to think up a solution fast, so we built this “living shade structure” in one day. The result was...
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The Costa Rica Adobe Project
Adobe bricks can be easily made in Costa Rica with local materials Currently we’re focused on organic farming and permaculture, but we are planning for three sustainable construction projects in the...
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Living Structures Project
Living Dome concept sketch, made from grafted trees. Ever since I moved to Costa Rica and learned that with many tree species, you can cut off a branch, stick it in the ground, and it will grow into a...
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Volunteer House
We are just a few days away from our volunteer house being completed. For rainy season we’ll need to add more walls, but it works well now for dry season. The house can sleep 4 people… two in the...
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White paint roof cooling experiment
I’m currently living in a recycled house that we call Villa Delicioso, and it has been extremely hot inside, even with 4-inch fiberglass insulation, an overhanging roof, an attic space, and all the...
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Villa Deliciosa
I currently live in Villa Deliciosa, which is a “recycled house” remodeled from a dilapidated real estate office that was on the farm when we bought it. This ultra-modern (some would say “crazy”)...
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Shade Structure for Growing Vegetables
Updated May 2, 2013 I think we were the first (and still the only) people to build a large shade structure for growing vegetables. I had been imagining the idea for many years, since my very first...
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Icosahedron Treehouse Project
Joseph is building a treehouse… and not just any treehouse, but an “icosahedron” sphere, which is floating, suspended by cabled between several Melina trees twenty feet above the ground! As of today,...
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Joseph’s Incredible Treehouse
This isn’t actually in a tree, but is suspended between four large melina trees, a farmed tree used for construction in the area because it grows so fast and is nearly bug proof. Inside the treehouse...
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Geodesic Dome
We have assembled my geodesic dome after repairing it, and have improved it by adding one meter in height. Making it taller give is more space at the bottom, since before, it didn’t have as much...
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