Shaping thermal enclosure with low-carbon earth structures

Building with on-site materials, Earth House is a new prototype for future low-carbon habitats under extreme conditions. From material sourcing to 3D printing, the house’s structural unit can be entirely constructed with autonomous robotic technology, with the flexibility to adjust to different sites. The enclosure system comprises multi-layered air pockets that achieve higher thermal performance and enable passive cooling with zero energy consumption.

Earth House reimagines housing through soil printing, environmental analytics, and microclimate design. Using CFD simulations, clay prototypes, and full-scale units, the project demonstrates that geometry and mass can regulate comfort in mechanical systems. Printable modules combine the soil’s thermal inertia with engineered cavities for insulation adaptable to site and resident needs. Applied from desert housing to fire recovery, Earth House is a low-carbon, rapidly deployable toolkit for resilient communities, framing climate adaptation as both technical performance and cultural imagination.