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Earthbag house at Plenitud PR. This resilient structure made it through Hurricane María and the months of rain that followed with no damage.

The first earthbag house built at Plenitud Puerto Rico. The structure made it through Hurricane María and the months of rain that followed with no damage.

Back of the first earthbag and superadobe house built at Plenitud, designed by Owen Ingley. This home did not use the dome structure that is often used in earthbag building, but was instead designed with a more conventional zinc roof. This structure…

Built over 5 years ago, this superadobe doghouse was the first earthbag and superadobe structure built at Plenitud PR as a pilot and test project.

When Raíces first visited Plenitud PR in 2013, their first earth bag and superadobe house was under construction on their land. Arriving in the driving tropical rain, Owen still invited us to step into the earth bag house for our first time to see…