Overview
- Multiple outlets reported Tuesday that the house in Los Hornillos, Valle de Traslasierra, is finished and is now occupied by Mariana and her son.
- Mariana left Santa Fe at 22, traveled across Latin America and later used that experience and her art studies to guide a multi-year bioconstruction project.
- The dwelling's walls are made with cob, a mix of earth, water and plant fiber that creates molded, insulating walls for low-impact buildings.
- She bought 12 car windshields at auction and installed them as large windows, and she embedded recycled glass bottles in the walls to bring in light.
- The house draws water from a mountain spring and reportedly uses a homemade biodigester for wastewater treatment, details that have limited sourcing and may need technical review.