Organizmo is a beautiful sustainable finca (farm), retreat and education center owned by Ana Maria Gutierrez and Itamar Sela in Tenjo, Colombia. Ana studied architecture and Itamar horticulture and landscape design, his business is TERRENODiseño. They are a perfect compliment to each other in creating this eco–finca.
Together they live in a 200–year–old house made of Tapia (condensed earth). They have fertile land that they have adorned with amazing landscaping, a couple Vivero's ( greenhouses), green walls, corn, sheep, goats (for delicious goat cheese), and a few examples of sustainable building using different techniques they teach in workshops. Below is pictures from Organizmo and some of what they have accomplished in only 2 years.
The front yard.
A viviero
Itamar's glass terrarium creation
An easy instant Green wall made of prefab pouches
More green walls waiting to be hung
This used to be an old cow milking barn converted to a lovely vivero with many succulents.
Movable mini greenhouses over rows of plants Itamar is growing for landscaping at an airport.When it rains they move each on to the side and cover when the sun comes out again.
A green wall made by cementing these bricks at an angle. Their are drain holes in theback of each one. They made one for a Crepes & Waffles restaurant in Bogota.
A bottle house made for a workshop with Andreas Froese, the method is called ECO–TECH
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Bottle house more about this project
Itamar and Ana show us the interior. Ana was flying to LA this afternoon to take a course at Cal–Earth to build and eco–dome out of superadobe and add on to this structure in a future workshop.
For the eco–tech technique bottles are stuffed with sand making them 
Below is another Straw Bale course they gave with the architect Gernot Minke.
It has 13% slope which they found is best for green roofs.
Inside was a technique to make a wall I had never seen before using orthopedic bandages filled with adobe and steel rods every foot or so.
The strawbale house also uses manure and several layers of plaster. The outside is colored with natural minerals.
The back yard near the local river Ana plans to clean when they get permission
Ana and Itamar invited us for lunch to wait out the rain that had come overhead.
And oh my goodness their homemade goat cheese was sooo good.
A green wall made by cementing these bricks at an angle. Their are drain holes in theback of each one. They made one for a Crepes & Waffles restaurant in Bogota.
A bottle house made for a workshop with Andreas Froese, the method is called ECO–TECH.
Bottle house more about this project
Itamar and Ana show us the interior. Ana was flying to LA this afternoon to take a course at Cal–Earth to build and eco–dome out of superadobe and add on to this structure in a future workshop.
For the eco–tech technique bottles are stuffed with sand making them - Low cost
- Absorbs shock loads
- Bio climatic
- Can be re used
- Easy to make
- Less construction material
Below is another Straw Bale course they gave with the architect Gernot Minke.It has 13% slope which they found is best for green roofs.
Inside was a technique to make a wall I had never seen before using orthopedic bandages filled with adobe and steel rods every foot or so.
The strawbale house also uses manure and several layers of plaster. The outside is colored with natural minerals.
The back yard near the local river Ana plans to clean when they get permission
Ana and Itamar invited us for lunch to wait out the rain that had come overhead.And oh my goodness their homemade goat cheese was sooo good.
Bye friends hope to see you soon.
Ana y Itamar also recommend visiting
In BrazilTIBA built by author of Barefoot architects, Lucio Ventanilla
Integria where they met Gernot Minke.
Argentina
Gaia cob house and alternative energies
Colombia more sustainable communities
http://www.ecoaldeasdecolombia.org/
by Ana
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