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Rammed Earth Home in Oracle, AZ

At SENERGY360, we are pioneering the future of sustainable living by building a Rammed Earth home that offers breathtaking views of the valley in Oracle, Arizona. This project embodies our unwavering commitment to health, sustainability, and innovation, showcasing how natural materials can create an environment that enhances well-being.

A modern desert residence built with rammed earth under a low-profile contemporary roofline. The plans, developed for Pinal County construction documents, open the gallery below; the photographs follow the wall raising: footings and rebar, the formwork panels set and braced, lifts tamped and left to cure, then the forms stripped to reveal the striations.

A Rammed Earth home is not only visually stunning but also promotes ecological balance and energy efficiency. By utilizing this innovative construction method, we are redefining what it means to build a healthy living space. Our choice of materials reflects our dedication to improving indoor air quality and overall wellness, essential components of a holistic lifestyle.

Join us in our mission to create the healthiest living environments where nature sets the gold standard for design and construction. Experience the future of homebuilding with SENERGY360, where every detail is crafted to nurture your well-being.

Architecture

Plans & Construction

Rammed earth home south, east, north, and west exterior elevations — South, east, north, and west exterior elevations.

Rammed earth home floor plan: great room, primary suite, covered patio, and 2-car carport — Single-level layout with great room, primary suite, walk-in closet, covered patio, and 2-car carport.

Building sections through the rammed-earth walls — Four cross-sections through the residence showing rammed-earth walls, ceiling heights, and structural relationships.

Rendering of the finished residence, low rammed-earth volumes in the desert — The finished design: long rammed-earth volumes under a low contemporary roofline.

Design rendering of the rammed earth home at dusk with covered patios lit from within — The design intent: low-slung rammed-earth volumes with deep covered patios, glowing at dusk.

Interior design rendering with rammed-earth walls, wood ceiling beams, and kitchen island seating — Inside, exposed lifts of rammed earth pair with wood beams and warm task lighting.

Wide rendering of the finished residence sited in the open desert — The house in its site, as designed.

Rendering of the entry elevation with deep overhang and glazing — The entry elevation, with the overhang carried across the glass.

Footing trench with vertical rebar and formwork starter panels — Footings and vertical rebar, set before the first panels go up.

Rebar cage running the length of an open rammed-earth formwork channel — Reinforcement running the length of an open form.

Braced rammed-earth formwork box open at the top, ready for the next lift — A braced form, open at the top and ready for the next lift.

Rammed earth formwork panels braced and ready for the next lift — Formwork panels braced for the next series of lifts. Each wall is rammed in place, layer by layer.

Looking down a formed wall cavity with steel ties in place before ramming — Looking down a formed wall cavity, ties set, before the earth mix goes in.

Skid steer loading soil into rammed-earth wall forms while a crew member works on top of the forms — A skid steer feeds soil into the forms while the crew rams each lift from above.

Brian Johnson sitting on top of the rammed-earth wall forms in a sun hat — Brian on top of the forms.

Brian Johnson beside a run of braced rammed-earth wall forms in the desert — Braced forms running the line of the walls, with the mountains behind.

Brian Johnson on the job site in front of a rammed-earth wall form with round window forms — Brian on site, with round window forms set into the wall.

Formwork panels stacked around a window buck partway up a wall — Panels stacked around a window buck as the wall gains height.

Open formwork bays running down the line of a wall on the desert site — Forms running the line of the wall across the site.

Full elevation of assembled formwork panels along the length of the house — A full elevation of assembled panels, the length of the house.

Freshly stripped monolithic rammed-earth corner walls on concrete stem wall — Forms stripped: monolithic rammed-earth walls showing their natural strata above the stem wall.

Tall cured rammed-earth wall showing horizontal lift striations — Each horizontal band is one tamped lift.

Long cured rammed-earth elevation with window openings cut through — A finished elevation with its openings, cured and stripped.

Cured rammed-earth walls with door and window openings — Door and window openings emerging as the wall sequence progresses around the plan.

Cured rammed-earth wall with a square window opening framing the desert — An opening framed straight through the mass wall.

Cured rammed-earth corner with window opening beside a mesquite tree — A cured corner in full sun. The strata are the finish: no paint, no cladding, no VOCs.

Cured rammed-earth corner on its concrete stem wall, formwork still standing beyond — The corner where two rammed walls meet, forms still up on the next run.

Electrical box cast directly into the rammed-earth wall — Electrical boxes and conduit are cast directly into the wall as each lift is rammed, not chased in after.

Interior of the rammed-earth shell looking out through a wall opening to the desert — Inside the shell, looking back out through the wall.

Great room window opening framing valley and mountain views — Great room opening framing the Oracle valley and mountain views the home is sited for.

Wood roof beams spanning between rammed-earth columns — Exposed wood roof beams resting on the rammed-earth pillars.

Interior with stained-glass cross window in cured rammed-earth wall — Interior bay with stained-glass detail set into the cured wall lifts.

Stripped rammed-earth walls with round openings and a tall rammed-earth column — Stripped walls with their round openings, beside a rammed-earth column.

Rammed-earth walls with an arched opening and the roof framing going up — The rammed-earth walls, with an arched opening and the roof framing going up.

Brian Johnson standing in an arched doorway cut through a cured rammed-earth wall — Brian in one of the arched doorways.

Rammed earth walls with porthole windows lit at dusk — Cured rammed-earth walls with porthole openings, photographed at blue hour.

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