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Notes from the Underground
South Elevation
Northwest Elevation
Northeast Elevation
East Elevation
South Elevation
Underground Architecture
• Build a strong,
waterproof building
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Insulate it well
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Cover it with earth
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Plant native species
Why earth-sheltered?
1.
Heating and cooling
2.
Exterior maintenance
3.
Landscape Fit
Site Micro
Salmon River
Footings and Slab
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R2 blanket
15 cm drains
Footings
10 cm drains
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Rough-in plumbing
R12 polystyrene
6 ml vapour barrier
Wire mesh
Footings and Slab
1. Concrete poured
2. R12 polystyrene
2 m perimeter
3. Screening for rock
punctures
4. Topsoil
Slab Pour
First Furniture
Concrete
Concrete is slovenly and feckless,
Promiscuous,
Willing to take whatever shape demanded of it
If you are strong enough..
Once committed, though,
Concrete becomes fanatically adamant.
adapted from Columns & Catalogues, Peter Schjeldahl
Boots
ICF Walls
Filling ICF
Beams
Douglas Fir
Uplands Airport 1922
Beams and Ceiling
Roof
SIPs – 15 cm rigid polyurethane (R 45)
26 gauge galvanized steel face
Roof Membrane
1.5 cm Tentest Roofboard
1.5 mm EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer)
membrane
Green Roof
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Native plants
1m Topsoil
8cm sand
Root barrier
Drainage board
Roofboard
Membrane
Roofboard
SIP Panels
Pine Decking
Ground Cover
Shade Tolerant
Drought Tolerant
Sweet Woodruff
Ivy
Lamiastrum
Pachysandra
Vinca Minor
Periwinkle
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Sedum
Creeping Thyme
Wooly Thyme
Lavender
Lantana
Passive Solar
Windows: low South, high North
Cupola above mechanical
Deciduous Trees - shaded in summer,
sun in winter
Trombe
Doors and Windows
All reclaimed doors
Some reclaimed windows
Anderson double glaze, argon, low-e
Casement into prevailing wind
Interior
Kitchen
Water
Well
Cold water
lines
Combi hot water
and in-floor heating
Waste
1. Low-Flush Toilets
2. Septic Tank (Anaerobic Treatment)
3. Effluent Filter
4. Waterloo Biofilter (Aerobic Treatment)
5. Disposal or Re-use
HVAC
Winter HRV
Heat exchange with outside air
Duct from underground
High-efficiency woodstove
In-floor heating
Trombe wall
Summer ERV
Moisture control
Duct from underground
Electrical
Battery back-up to crucial circuits
24-volt under-cupboard lights
Overhead CFs
Task lighting
Greenstone Mill
100 kw run-of-river
MicroFIT
104 modules
20 Kw
$2000/month
Others
Garbage Warrior - Michael Reynolds
Recycled and Reclaimed – Dan Phillips
Notes from the Underground
complete text– Steven Moore
www.moorepartners.ca/notes.cfm
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