Remodel – single family | built 1907, remodel 2011 - 2012               

Owner Planet Repair Institute

Architect | Designer Communitecture Inc  

General Contractor Mark Lakeman

Website http://planetrepair.wordpress.com/

This low-impact site is a community-oriented living laboratory for natural building and permaculture, including cob-construction chicken and cat palaces. Natural building techniques perfected here include cob, light-straw clay insulation, earthen plaster, reclaimed materials and labor-intensive construction. A constructed wetland and greenhouse are new. 

Energy

advanced thermal envelope (wall assembly)
passive solar
high-efficiency wood stove
18" thick walls with straw insulation
gray water reuse (interior) 

Water

high-efficiency fixtures

Site

ecoroof
native plants
pervious hardscape
rainwater harvesting (irrigation)
permaculture
advanced composting
solar-gain greenhouse

Materials and Indoor Air Quality

advanced framing
construction waste minimization
deconstruction
locally-sourced
natural or zero-toxicity materials
owner-built
recycled-content materials
salvage

Lifestyle

food garden
homestead
part of a collective
small footprint

Soma areas of this site are under construction.

Drop-in workshop Permaculture 2:30pm