Earth Sheltered Housing Design: Guidelines, Examples, and References
The Underground space center
Ed. University of Minnesota y New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979 6ed. Tapa dura con sobrecubierta. 318p. 28,3x22,8cm. Muy buen estado. sobrecubierta con detalles interior muy bien y sin detalles.
While some architects and scientists looked to the sun and the wind for answers to the 1973 oil crisis, others turned to the earth. The underground building movement of the 1970s and 80s never reached a standardized terminology, so here the term “earth-shelter” is used to encompass all styles of building with and in the earth.
According to the Underground Space Center at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, only fifty truly earth-sheltered houses had been built in the entire United States by 1976. Despite this apparent lack of interest, the Underground Space Center’s first publication, a rather technical monograph on the subject, sold 160,000 copies between 1978 and 1981 (and continued to sell well thereafter). This implies that there was more widespread interest in earth-sheltering than realized projects would indicate.
The Center opened at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, in 1978 and was dedicated to research into underground building and earth-sheltered housing design. The focus was on underground space as a site for domestic habitation rather than as a reserve for hiding such infrastructure as sewers, cables, or trains. Its activities included hosting two competitions on community design and single-unit design, organizing conferences, and producing six publications (ranging from the popular coffee-table format to more specialized volumes) on underground building and earth-shelter. The Center held an archive and library of material related to these subjects.
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