Earthbag construction in Germany / Austria: Possible?

Do it like this Konny Reimann, go to America, somewhere out in the sticks. There you can build whatever and however you want...

I also kind of like this one; but it's made of concrete.

As with any building material, experience is needed to work with it. And that will be difficult to find here. I guess it will also be hard to find a structural engineer.

Basically a nice idea, but I also see no advantage over bricks.

The idea is that this construction method is much cheaper than bricks, at least in terms of material costs.

Ask a bank if they will finance the project.

I think something like that would only work with full financing from equity and a lenient building authority.

Nice idea!

If you get that approved, you don't need a bank anymore! The bank is what I want to avoid here.

The idea is that this construction method is much cheaper than brick, at least in terms of material costs.

The most expensive part of building a house is certainly not the bricks for the wall. I doubt that filling and aligning sandbags is cheaper/faster than building brick walls. Additionally, there are extra costs for openings, problems with electrical installation, water installation, wall connections to ceilings and elements, seals, structural engineering, etc...

This is certainly sensible in areas with poor building material supply, low comfort (e.g. unplastered walls, few installations, no requirements for airtightness/insulation, small single-story house) and many cheap construction helpers. However, whether you can succeed with labor-intensive processes in a high-wage country is questionable?

I don't think it is forbidden to build like this, as long as the energy saving ordinance is complied with, the structural engineering is correct, and other general building regulations are observed. But by the time all of this is sorted out, the shell made of bricks is already built up!

Filling bags is definitely not cheaper than buying stones.