Integral Urban House

The Integral Urban House was a pioneering 1970s experiment in self-reliant urban homesteading. The house was located 1576 5th St. in Berkeley, California. The founders were California State Architect Sim Van der Ryn and Bill & Helga Olkowski, authors of the City People's Guide to Raising Food, and the project was run by the Farallones Institute (which Van der Ryn founded).

The Sierra Club published a book about the experiment in 1979. Elements of the home included a vegetable garden, chickens, rabbits, a fish pond, beehives, a composting toilet, solar power and more.

Mother Earth News published an article on the house in 1976.[1]

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  1. ↑ The Integral Urban House; A Victorian mansion in Berkeley California is converted into an urban homestead Julie Reynolds, Mother Earth News, November/December 1976


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