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michael jantzen

michael jantzen

Santa Fe, NM, US

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Jantzen solar house 1978, a 2400 square foot solar powered house heated by the sun and a small wood stove, located in Southern Illinois.
Jantzen solar house 1978, a 2400 square foot solar powered house heated by the sun and a small wood stove, located in Southern Illinois.
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Early Built Structures

A series of early eco-friendly, energy efficient structures I designed and built most of them in the 1970s and 1980s.

 
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Status: Built
Location: Southern Illinois

 
A solar powered vacation house 1973, made from steel agricultural components.
A solar powered vacation house 1973, made from steel agricultural components.
Insulated reflective panels could be raised and lowered to catch the sun and direct it into the house and onto special furniture that stored the solar heat.
Insulated reflective panels could be raised and lowered to catch the sun and direct it into the house and onto special furniture that stored the solar heat.
Interior
Interior
1640 square foot super insulated solar powered house made from steel silo roofs built in 1982.
1640 square foot super insulated solar powered house made from steel silo roofs built in 1982.
Interior
Interior
HYPERTAT, high performance habitat, a prefabricated, modular, relocatable, energy efficient building system, 1985.
HYPERTAT, high performance habitat, a prefabricated, modular, relocatable, energy efficient building system, 1985.
Large HYPERTAT installed at Bio Sphere 2 in Arizona.
Large HYPERTAT installed at Bio Sphere 2 in Arizona.
HYPERTAT sold to NASA in 1988, used as an experimental habitation lab.
HYPERTAT sold to NASA in 1988, used as an experimental habitation lab.
Interior of the NASA habitation lab.
Interior of the NASA habitation lab.
Diagram of the habitation lab.
Diagram of the habitation lab.
Environmental research lab sold to the university of Colorado in 1990.
Environmental research lab sold to the university of Colorado in 1990.
Interior
Interior
Solar and wind powered mobile autonomous Dwelling designed to fully function as a habitation structure for one person completely off of the grid 1979.
Solar and wind powered mobile autonomous Dwelling designed to fully function as a habitation structure for one person completely off of the grid 1979.
Weekend picnic house 1976.
Weekend picnic house 1976.
A prefabricated, modular, prototype building system 1994.
A prefabricated, modular, prototype building system 1994.
under construction photo.
under construction photo.
Interior under construction.
Interior under construction.
Party Deck 1977.
Party Deck 1977.
Prefabricated, modular, solar powered backyard office, 1985.
Prefabricated, modular, solar powered backyard office, 1985.
DNA climbing sculpture designed and built for the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley, 1992.
DNA climbing sculpture designed and built for the Lawrence Hall of Science at UC Berkeley, 1992.