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Compressed Earth Blocks
Stabilised Compressed earth blocks are the most cost effective and sustainable building material for earth sheltered structures. The bricks can be readily manufactured from site soil at minimum expense and when the structure is a compression arch, the building costs are less than half the cost of reinforced concrete and also considerably less than most conventional construction systems.
Earth sheltered buildings constructed from compressed earth blocks can easily be made bushfire resistant and have excellent thermal qualities.
We have developed this construction system with Webeta Structural Engineers and the build cost for the 180 square meter 4 bedroom house shown in the graphics on this page is $270,000 or $1500 per square metre depending on set accessibility and excavations costs.
There are many possible permutations for this arched construction system from granny flats to courtyard atrium designs to layouts with a mezzanine level. The most cost effective planning would have a width of 7200mm and a height of 4350mm.
Because the bulk of the structure is compressed earth it is a very sustainable building system.
The images above were developed for a house at Steels Creek in Victoria which should be under construction by February 2020
Earth sheltered buildings constructed from compressed earth blocks can easily be made bushfire resistant and have excellent thermal qualities.
We have developed this construction system with Webeta Structural Engineers and the build cost for the 180 square meter 4 bedroom house shown in the graphics on this page is $270,000 or $1500 per square metre depending on set accessibility and excavations costs.
There are many possible permutations for this arched construction system from granny flats to courtyard atrium designs to layouts with a mezzanine level. The most cost effective planning would have a width of 7200mm and a height of 4350mm.
Because the bulk of the structure is compressed earth it is a very sustainable building system.
The images above were developed for a house at Steels Creek in Victoria which should be under construction by February 2020
