Earthship Micro Eco Village in Tasmania
The Earthship Cygnet (TAS) micro village is on Grand Designs Australia Series 12 Episode 1. Check it Out on ABC iView and then join the conversation on the Earthship Australia Mighty Network
Situated on a gorgeous north facing block of land in Tasmania's south, these five (!) Earthships are the homes of the future! Bushfire resilient, energy and water efficient and made with low embodied energy eco construction materials!
They will be constructed with rammed earth retaining walls instead of tyre walls to add beauty and ensure ease of construction with local tradespeople.
The entrepreneurial and ecologically minded owners are developing the land according to permaculture principles, by establishing an eco-village as a set of strata titles (an owner's corporation, where each member owns their own private dwelling and lot, and an equal share of the communal land). There will be a communal farm area with a shared fruit orchard, shed, wastewater irrigation area, shared driveways etc. It all adds up to a very economical outcome, and I expect it will be a wonderful social and ecological outcome too. Create your own community! Earthship style!
Stay tuned for more info as this project gathers momentum. The first Earthship is expected to be finished sometime early in 2024.
Contact Matt Ellis for more info via email
They will be constructed with rammed earth retaining walls instead of tyre walls to add beauty and ensure ease of construction with local tradespeople.
The entrepreneurial and ecologically minded owners are developing the land according to permaculture principles, by establishing an eco-village as a set of strata titles (an owner's corporation, where each member owns their own private dwelling and lot, and an equal share of the communal land). There will be a communal farm area with a shared fruit orchard, shed, wastewater irrigation area, shared driveways etc. It all adds up to a very economical outcome, and I expect it will be a wonderful social and ecological outcome too. Create your own community! Earthship style!
Stay tuned for more info as this project gathers momentum. The first Earthship is expected to be finished sometime early in 2024.
Contact Matt Ellis for more info via email
Construction Photos
The wonderful workshop workers! Thank you everyone!
Indigenous smoking ceremony to kick off the workshop. I respect indigenous culture and peoples. YES!
Rammed earth retaining wall (instead of tyre wall) on left.
Rock gabion retaining walls (rock filled wire cages) to north of building with earthtubes installed. Rammed earth walls beyond.
Detail of rammed earth wall in the greenhouse and the timber framing and double glazing
Finished Photos by Cassie Sullivan
NW view. Photo credit Cassie Sullivan
Open plan. Photo credit Cassie Sullivan
Sunroom in the afternoon winter sun. Photo credit Cassie Sullivan
Outdoor area with rammed earth retaining wall behind. Photo credit Cassie Sullivan
Bathroom. Photo credit Cassie Sullivan
Master bedroom. Photo credit Cassie Sullivan
Sunroom with servery window (to kitchen) open. Photo credit Cassie Sullivan
Sunroom with servery window (to kitchen) open. Photo credit Cassie Sullivan
Kitchen with servery window (to sunroom) open. Photo credit Cassie Sullivan