Ryan Le

Thanks for the info. That's pretty inspiring, even to keep it under $100k.

Nancy Troutman wrote:I would double the posts for a snow load, but I can have 8'-10' of snow on the ground in the winter.   I don't see why water couldn't be collected off of it.  

It is a really interesting structure and, if you build it, I would love to hear about both the build and how you like it afterwards.

Thanks for the input. I was thinking the roof pitch may need to be increased a bit for snow load as well. I'd also want to add a few solar tubes for more sunlight in the back rooms.

This looks amazing, thanks for sharing. Are you able to say anything about material costs so far?

I cam across this Solar Pit House design from Owen Geiger, shortly after getting interested in earth bag building, and I'm curious if anyone has any thoughts on this style. Do you think it can stand up to cold weather like the designer suggests?

I also noticed some similarities to earthship designs, and wonder if this plan could be adapted to also have rain water collection.