On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 3:49 AM, Keith G. Saturn <kgsaturn@gmail.com> wrote:
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Yes, cost is one of the tests almost all "alternative building methods" have failed. One thing which drew me to papercrete was the idea of using cheap materials we could rescue from the evil of landfills. *LOL* I also liked that papercrete people tended to be less religious about it all. I've seen projects that are much more realistic and reasonably accessible to anyone. I've become fond of the idea of microhouses and papercrete totally speaks to that type of architecture. What role papercrete will play in whatever is left of the alternative housing movement in another 25 years, I don't know. It's versatile and easy to understand. It hasn't yet generated the industrial-commercial-social infrastructure which has been barnacling onto the owner-builder movement since the 1970s - but one can see it forming. I think it has characteristics which will raise it above other styles and formats. I hope so anyway.
... I have noticed that people building
domes and vaults from papercrete have different reasons and purposes
in doing so.
Most start with a need or desire to build something, usually a home.
In my case, barns. Cost is usually a factor, and some end up spending
more because of failed experiments. Some want to find a way to use
resources that would otherwise end up in landfills, others just happen
to have an abundant supply of used paper. Papercrete both cutting edge
and still familiar.
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Yes, cost is one of the tests almost all "alternative building methods" have failed. One thing which drew me to papercrete was the idea of using cheap materials we could rescue from the evil of landfills. *LOL* I also liked that papercrete people tended to be less religious about it all. I've seen projects that are much more realistic and reasonably accessible to anyone. I've become fond of the idea of microhouses and papercrete totally speaks to that type of architecture. What role papercrete will play in whatever is left of the alternative housing movement in another 25 years, I don't know. It's versatile and easy to understand. It hasn't yet generated the industrial-commercial-social infrastructure which has been barnacling onto the owner-builder movement since the 1970s - but one can see it forming. I think it has characteristics which will raise it above other styles and formats. I hope so anyway.
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