Aircrete Dome Building Workshop Retreats in Costa Rica
One of the owners of Rancho Delicioso, Joseph has been studying this new building material called Aircrete and is considering offering 7-14 day workshop retreats on how to build your own dome home. Aircrete: or aerated cement, is a new building material that has created an inexpensive sustainable eco friendly housing solution. It is a […]
Sustainable Forestry and Reforestation
Sustainable development requires wood, but at the same time we love trees, so finding a plan to sustainably plant and harvest trees is essential for an eco-village that’s attempting to be as self-sufficient as possible. There are several issues to consider: Forestry Using Native Species It’s very popular to plant Teak and Melina trees in […]
Treehouse Hotel Project
In the heart of the eco village, we plan to build a treehouse hotel and retreat center. The basic idea is to put the treehouses on metal towers, upon which can grow vines, and surrounded by trees, to make sure they are safe in case of wind and treefalls. On the second level of each, […]
Vetiver Grass in Costa Rica – Zacate Violeta
Vetiver Grass, known here as Zacate Violeta “Purple Grass” is one of the world’s most useful and essential plants, and an essential component of sustainable living. Originally from India, it many hundreds of years ago, it spread to other parts of Asia, where it was discovered to be very useful for erosion control. It’s now […]
Greenbuilding Projects
Tropical Greenbuilding is a passion of mine since I arrived in Costa Rica in 2004, and I’ve wanted to start a center to do research into alternative building materials and techniques for many years. Finally I have my chance with Rancho Deliciso. You can see some of my tropical green-building architecture on two past projects […]
Costa Rica TreeHouse – Montezuma
The Sacred Geome-Tree House is now only available if you attend a retreat at Rancho Delicioso, are a guest of Joseph or possibly longer term rental if you get involved in the community (eco-building, retreat running, natural medicine, etc). You can email him Joseph (at) Anamaya.com for more info. The tree house is composed of […]
Volunteer Garden
A few weeks ago we decided to build a garden specifically for the volunteers to grow their favorite foods in. In an effort to be resourceful we decided to use old glass bottles from the recycling center to create the garden boundaries. The next step was designing the garden- we created a shape that would […]
Geodesic Dome
Now called the “Passion Dome” because it’s covered with passion fruit vines, originally we assembled my geodesic dome that I brought from the United States. It needed a lot of repair, and have improved it by adding one meter in height, making it taller give is more space at the bottom, since before, it didn’t […]
Icosahedron Treehouse Construction
Joseph had initially thought to build this sacred geometry structure on the ground, but then when checking out the tree’s in the area. These 4 lovely Malinia trees in a circle called out to him. One branched out in such a way that made a perfect 5 sided chalice if you will. A perfect holding spot […]
Yoga Shala at Rancho Delicioso
Finally after years of talk, wishes, and planning, we have a beautiful yoga deck here at Rancho Delicioso. Click here for a Calendar of Classes and Events. It’s a bit over 8×8 meters (over 700 ft2), large enough for 24-25 people to do yoga. Construction Details The first thing you may notice is that the […]
