The first earhship to be built in Europe was planned in Boingt, Belgium. It's a small municipality in the French speaking region of Belgium.

Artists impression from the earthship Boingt - Illustration: M. Reynolds, Earthship Biotecture

Josephine, a journalist, had visited Michael Reynolds in New Mexico and had him made a design for an earthship in Belgium. She had convinced the municipality to have it build and had the energy and water systems transported over from the USA to Antwerp.

The design of the earthship is clearly still modular and a cisterns module is still included (we are talking the year 2000).

Floorplan of the intended earthship at Boingt, Belgium - Design: M. Reynolds, Earthship Biotecture

While the team of Earthship Biotecture was on his way to Europe, the council of the municipality put their veto on the project.

Artists impression from the earthship Boingt - Illustration: M. Reynolds, Earthship Biotecture

Despite this major setback Josephine did not intend to give up her plans. Michael Reynolds didn't want to return to the US without having done something in Europe.