Archive for July, 2005

Ramirez Martinez family

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

Mireya and her five children will be moving into their new, Eco-politan designed house in Setember.

Their new house will provide them with approximately 450 sq. ft of usable living space. They will have three bedrooms centered around a common living space with kitchen. This space — along with the covered patio [...]

Site and plans

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

Here is a snap of our site taken during our visit last weekend. As you can see they have already begun grading. Our visit forced us to quickly redesign our prototype. We are still burning neurons in our quest for a design that meets our sustainable desires and the existing site condition. With the [...]

Announcement:

Tuesday, July 19th, 2005

Our dates for construction have been set! We will be heading down between Sept. 1 (Fri) - Sept. 11. (Mon) to Mexico to build the house. This encompasses Labor Day (Sept 5) for those of you who would like to use your day off to help out your neighbors and get some hands-on experience [...]

The site

Tuesday, July 5th, 2005

Well, Project Mercy has graciously provided us a site to build our project. Here’s the photo they sent:

We’re going to have to go down in the middle of July to check it out - the slope is a little concerning. We’re going to have to see how much of this lot is actually buildable [...]

Let the Fun Begin

Sunday, July 3rd, 2005

Hey everyone -welcome to the Eco-politan blog. This is where the team will put up posts about what’s going on, and how the project is developing. If you are reading this, you probably already know that we are designing and building an affordable housing prototype in Mexico. For more info, go ahead and hit the [...]