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Marketable-Home   Hopi Nation Straw Bale Home
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(This house reported 29 resource efficient features.
Percentages above indicate the distribution of features and total 100%)

 

Location:

Hotevilla, Arizona

Hopi Nation Straw Bale
Type of Project:

New Construction

Home Completed:

2005

Setting:

rural

Energy Source:

- solar
- grid electric

Layout:

Single-Family
2 bedroom
No garage

Lot Size:

Unknown

Square Footage:

1320

Sales Market:

Low-income

Cost/Square Foot:

$ 60.00


Community Building Team
  Goals
  1. To provide a replicable model from which other tribal members can learn, while providing housing for one family.

 
 

Primary Contact

Nathaniel Corum ,  Design Director, Rose Architectural Fellow
Red Feather Development Group
Website: http://www.redfeather.org
Phone: 406-585-7188
Fax: 406-585-7187
info@redfeather.org
Note
Red Feather, a nonprofit, educates and empowers American Indian nations to create sustainable solutions to the severe housing crisis within reservation communities by teaching affordable, replicable and sustainable approaches to home construction. - Developer

Special information

As part of Red Feather's Elder Housing Initiative, this home is the first replicable-model, straw bale home constructed on the Hopi Reservation. Straw bale construction, especially when built with a frost-protected shallow foundation, is an affordable and energy-efficient housing solution. The home was constructed with community involvement, transferring straw bale construction skills to tribal members. This home also demonstrates efficient layout in a small footprint, the use of low-impact products (on both health and environment), and barrier-free design.

Learn more about straw bale construction and notable Red Feather projects by contacting Red Feather (406-585-7188 or info@redfeather.org) and reading Building a Straw Bale House: The Red Feather Construction Handbook, By Nathaniel Corum (Princeton Architectural Press, 2005).
Constructing Straw Bale Walls
 

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