Village Mud Kitchen |Lime crete Roof | Wattle & Cob | Traditional Construction Technology
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See the making of a beautiful village mud kitchen and a dining space with an extension designed by Ar. Biju Bhaskar and Sindhu Bhaskar at Thannal Campus in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu. The kitchen has a mud oven & Rocket chulha (stove) which are very efficient traditional cooking appliances made from earth. One can see how various wall systems like Cob, Adobe and wattle and Daub were done within a single space. Revival of wattle and Cob walls seen in 300-year-old traditional houses in Ganjam, Mysore, which had been forgotten for years, is used to make the walls of the extension area. A cob bench as seating and a working table top in the kitchen using reused wood and kadappa stone are examples of how our needs can be met in a very simple way in this small kitchen. You can also see different roof types – a Lime crete roof, a coconut leaf thatch roof and Terracotta tile roof, all of which is made on a structure of bamboo posts and beams. The initial thatch roof is changed into a terracotta tile roof after 1.5 years. See the below links for more detailed videos which can help you understand better.
Mud Oven:
Rocket Chulha:
300 year old Wattle and Cob Traditional Houses from Ganjam:
Cob Bench using Banana Leaves:
Roofing more video – Earth-Bag Home roof:
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Honestly love the concept of cob building. But the projects I see in this channel lacks the beauty and finishing I see in some of the western cob houses. No offense but just trying to know if its possible to build smooth walls using cob that I see in other parts of world.
Vgb.
Thannal Hand Sculpted Homes ? ?
@everyone thanks for the reply. Planning to join your learning sessions after this pandemic subsides.
@It’s Just Me Tom C True…… Bill and Athena Steen family is great we have a great respect to that family. Thanks for the comment.
@ Hari …..Hope you will see –
1. Traditional Araish Lime Plaster in Jute Earth bag Bathroom + Tools used in Araish
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek00j9slK2U&t=5s
2. Revival of traditional Araish Thappi Lohi Lime Plaster 2019 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfEvEmRnLe0
3. Types of Indian Plaster part 01 – http://thannal.com/types-of-indian-plaster-part-1/
We are not fast one by one slowly we are doing. Hope you will understand. Thankyou
Amazing work, keep doing…. Traditional Houses are the best
Thanks a lot ?
Sir, i have a question regarding the sturdiness of the house that may be built like these! Do these structures sustain in harsh monsoon we get in Western Ghats and Konkan? Can these be made earthquake proof? Please include basic idea of costs in next videos also, so that people get the idea of how it is cost friendly and eco friendly!
Kindly see mentioned links below to understand about natural houses life
300 year old wattle and cob house in Ganjam village, Mysore –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCX_NV6sCPk&t=52s
150 year old mud home of an organic farmer, Cheruvayal Raman in Wayanad, Kerala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIQ1yxrbgnU&t=146s
200-year-old Adobe home, Chelur, Tumkur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh42cQXf8uA&t=107s
Playlist of Ageless village homes : https://bit.ly/3ddenLH
Mud buildings withstanding flood – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tyrMHGsvkc&t=5s
Surly we will include cost in our upcoming videos
Loved it my dream house will be like this I love mud house can I contact with you for more information…
Thank you. Kindly see the description
If there’s anyone who wants to help me build elevated bamboo house at my farm, please reply. Farmhouse near Hyderabad. Thank you:)
love to see … love from Laos
Thankyou nice to see you here……?????
Wow want to make such a structure on the house roof, to do bbq while staying relatively indoors during summer
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..love your videos Thannal! Btw wonder where to get lime these days? Namaste ??
खूपच छान!!!!!
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I love eco friendly homes . Want to learn the technique … How can I join you
As I am Civil Engineer I want to know How can I attend this workshop?
Great work sir huge respect…
Thanks a ton??
Natural way of living…. Wonderfully made
Teach us about natural insulation material.
Comparison of natural material by Sigi koko Kindly see the chart https://buildnaturally.com/BigPicture.html
I have some questions-
1) can we use only the treated bamboos as building material? As u know in North east, bamboo, timbers r use rather than cob.
2) how long a treated bamboo last in such building u show?
3) here as colum sal ( sheora robusta ) steam is used. But there is another termite proof, cheap, native, easy to cultivate, fast growing plant available, Toona ciliata. How useful this plant is?
4) the roof u made with lime, how long it last?
@Thannal Hand Sculpted Homes earth building in greater bengal.
https://youtu.be/pL4F_xmkUrE
If timber is abundant you can use wood But bamboo grows fast and you can cut and use it when bamboo is 4 years, and it will grow again. It is not about using lot of materials it’s about using little and small to full fill our small dreams and needs. Remembering Bapuji’s words “The world has enough for everyone’s needs, but not everyone’s greed,”
Bamboo if you harvest properly you don’t need treatment.
Properly Treated bamboo from market will last for more than 30 years.
But you can see here in this Video 300 years Ganjam house with bamboos – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCX_NV6sCPk&t=5s
You can track this here in Chapter 2
Know the Basics: Mud & Bamboo
Identifying different types of mud through tests. Harvesting, treatment and preservation of bamboo. kindly wait http://thannal.com/natural-building-video-course/
How to build my village like this
Honestly, sure I will be do that in future
You can try studying yourself and teach others to help and built your village. First you try to do a small one and see and try bigger… all the best
I Need to Build My Dream House Like This…! Which Number I Need To Contact
Kindly see the description
Excellent work.
Sir, how much life will thr structure have? And can it survive natural calamities like flood , earthquake ?
@Thannal Hand Sculpted Homes
Saw those videos earlier, quite captivating to build those.
My question is how much life do you expect of this particular Village Kitchen ?
Playlist of Ageless village homes : https://bit.ly/3ddenLH
Kindly see mentioned links below to understand about natural houses life
300 year old wattle and cob house in Ganjam village, Mysore –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCX_NV6sCPk&t=52s
150 year old mud home of an organic farmer, Cheruvayal Raman in Wayanad, Kerala
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIQ1yxrbgnU&t=146s
200-year-old Adobe home, Chelur, Tumkur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh42cQXf8uA&t=107s
Pls share link to part 2
Surly we will share when this building get finishes
It’s my dream to build a new mud house with only natural materials like natural clay cement for waterproof walls and lime (seashells) cement for rooftop…N it’s Completely in pyramid shaped design…
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