Casa Adobe was designed by Eric and Jenny and built in 1999 by Gabriel Reyes Aguirre, a talented and highly touted local contractor. Gabriel and Eric attended a "Super Adobe" construction workshop in Los Angeles and the seed was planted to try their hand at their own prototype in the Osa. SuperAdobe is a form of earth bag architecture developed by architect and CalEarth founder Nader Khalili. Using long sandbags ("SuperAdobe Bags"), barbed wire, and a few tools, Khalili devised a revolutionary building system that integrates traditional earth architecture with contemporary global safety requirements, and passes severe earthquake code tests in California. The initial footprint of Casa Adobe reflects the Super Adobe design and construction. As you can see in the pictures, sandbags and barbwire form the walls, and the ceiling vaults were constructed over a simple mold. Gabriel and his team-from the day we broke ground until the day we moved in on December 26, 1999-built Casa Adobe in four months.

 

In 2002, we added the back room and then in 2016 we built the back apartment, or casita. We finally added the pool in 2021 and this year, 2022, we purchased our neighbor's lot and villa.