Natural Building part I

Natural Building

Earth Brick

Bricks, bricks, bricks and more bricks.

Foundations

Brick and Mortar

Delicious food to fuel the body and spirit!

Ecostead Bed & Breakfast

Inside

Cinva -Inter American Housing and Planning Center of Bogota, ColumbiaRam- Paul Ramirez, Chilean Engineer

Rammed Earth

Cob Mix with Earthen Plasters

Equal parts sand and clay mixed with medium length straw fibers

Clay, Sand, and finely chopped fiber

Be sure to design a good hat & boots for earthen structures

Ferro-Cement Roof

Cob Creations

Waddle and Daub

Waddle- woven latticework of wooden stakes; Daub is clay, sand, and straw mix application

Light EarthSand, Clay, woodchip mixed lightly and placed in a form and lightly tamped

Installing temporary forms and horizontal supports (coppice maple)

Temporary Forms

Mix- Slurry of soil and additional clay in a watery suspension, then coat the straw with that

Sprouting-Its Ok for the wall to sprout- drying slowly

Trim off edges for Plastering and

Asthetics

Strawbale

Vaulted Strawbale