Tire House

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Author: Judee Shipman

Tire homes are all the rage these days. They are considered a handy, eco-friendly way of hiding billions of unsightly used tires. Dirt-filled tires provide a super-strong frame and foundation. They can also be stacked and used like bricks. A tire home has great architectural flexibility, allowing for attractive design elements like wide, rounded corners and spiraling stairways.


Design a house of tires. The goals of this project are:     

  1. To design an architectural structure using discarded radial tires.     
  2. To build a scale model.


  • Computer with Internet access     
  • Color printer     
  • Digital camera   


  2. Address all of the above terms and research questions.
  4. Take photographs throughout the course of the experiment.
  9. Interpret your findings in a detailed report.
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