DESIGNING A SOLAR PASSIVE, BIOMIMICRY BIO-GEOMETRICAL HOME

• Key principles of biological home

• Various wautillarium designs and the 2023 model

• Bio-Geometry

• Feng-shui

• How to design your home on graph paper  

• Designs of our homes in various climatic conditions

GROUND PREPARATION

• Locating the building site and prepping the ground 

• Drawing your home on the ground

• Foundations

• Underground Plumbing

BUILDING OF THE WALLS

• Installing of the door and window boxes

• Building a “warm” door for cold climate 

• Glazing a 200 sq ft wall for $200

BUILDING OF THE VAULTS

• Weaving the roof

• Prepping the tension beam or sockets

• Waterproofing

• Insulation

• Building custom rainwater collection gutters

• Installation of Electrical conduits and plug point boxes 

FRESH WATER 

• Rainwater harvesting

• Snowmelt harvesting

• Rain / snowmelt Water storage

• Water Organising Module to pressurise water 

UPCYCLING WATER 

• Grey water plumbing

• Grey water botanical cells 

• Black water botanical cells

• John Todds’ living machine

• Building of a low cost septic from bus tires 

• Plumbing grey and black water

• Aquaculture basics and using it as mass 

GREENHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

• Various designs of greenhouses various glazing types 

• Shade awning for your climate

• Greenhouse construction 

• Discussion of Russ Finch's greenhouse in the snow

HEATING AND COOLING

• Heating and cooling in a typical Earthship 

• Strategies from other PAHS masters

• Discussing the difference between a typical Canadian passive house VS Wautillarium Earthship Hybrid

• Brainstorm and discussion of John Haits’ Solar Passive Design  book

• Calculating the airflow based on the volume of our home

• The laws of Thermodynamics and their practical application

• Wautillarium strategies for heating & cooling  (mechanics of Wautillarium) 

• Automation

• Design of custom low-cost diy air ducts 

• South Korean warm ondol floor system

• Practical application and implementation

BURYING THE “HOBBIT"

• Clay lock

• Preparing and laying the turfs

• Installing sleeves and pipes for electrical, air and water

• Seeding the roof

• Diversion channel / french drain / diversion swale 

FINISHING TOUCHES 

• Electrical 

• Small solar system 

• Natural and cement based plasters 

• Flooring with beeswax finish

• Other finishing touches