Architecturedesigned and built to run onsun, rain and earth.
Pangea Biotecture is an architecture and construction company. We design, permit and build off-grid, regenerative buildings, from Earthships and passive solar homes to ICF and 3D-printed concrete, plus the power, water and waste systems that let them run on their own. Based in Taos, we build across the country and around the world.
Architects and builders, one team from sketch to keys.
Design, drawings and permits, construction, and the systems that make a building independent, all with one firm. Design and construction each have their own contract, so you can start with drawings and decide on the build when you are ready.
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Design & permit drawings
Custom plans and full construction and permit sets for Earthships, passive house and green buildings, for sites anywhere in the world.
Drawings - 02
Construction
New buildings, additions and ADUs in rammed-earth tire, ICF, 3D-printed concrete and adobe. Our own crew builds from Taos to wherever the site is.
Construction - 03
Off-grid systems
Solar power, rainwater catchment, greywater and blackwater treatment, and passive heating and cooling, for new or existing buildings.
Systems - 04
Renovation & retrofit
The most sustainable building is the one already built. We retrofit existing homes toward independence.
Renovations - 05
Excavation & site work
Grading, septic, demolition, snow and land clearing across Taos County.
Site work
Every building is its own utility.
A Biotecture building is a thermal-mass building first and a passive solar building second. It catches and treats its own water, makes its own power and holds a steady temperature with little or no fuel. Every system can be added to an existing building, and every one can have a conventional backup.
Built, drawn and in progress.
Full portfolio
One standard. Four ways to build a wall.
We choose the structure building by building, for the site, budget and schedule. Every one gets mass on the inside, insulation on the outside, and the same passive solar and off-grid design.
Rammed-earth tires
Upcycled tires packed with earth, bermed on the north. Enormous mass, plastered in earth.
Tire wallsInsulated concrete forms
Foam forms filled with reinforced concrete: a continuous insulated shell around a mass core.
Custom designs3D-printed walls
Two printed faces tied by a printed web, the cavity insulated. Printed on site from the drawings.
3D printingAdobe & earth block
Northern New Mexico's oldest way to build, laid in earthen mortar and finished in lime or mud.
ConstructionChamisa Verde, Taos. Seven deed-restricted homes led by Pangea. Some have 3D-printed concrete walls and the others ICF, chosen building by building. Construction is in progress.
Follow itFrom site visit to living in it.
- 01Talk with us
Your site, your goals, your budget.
- 02Site + design
Sun, slope, water and wind shape the plan.
- 03Drawings + permit
Construction set, engineering, approvals.
- 04Build
Structure, envelope and finishes by our crew.
- 05Systems
Power, water and treatment installed and tested.
- 06Move in
We show you how the building works.
We teach what we build.
Courses + field sessions
Regenerative building taught by the people who do it, from the free foundation course up.
pangeaacademy.org ↗ Pangea CommunityAn off-grid village
Biotecture homes, shared farms and open land northwest of Taos, governed by the people who live there.
taoscommunity.org ↗ Knowledge baseNotes from the field
Articles on Earthships, wall systems, passive solar design, off-grid systems and affordable housing.
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Start with the site.
Tell us where it is and what you want the building to do. We’ll tell you how we’d design and build it.