Modern Cambodian Houses Made Out of Lego Bricks For the Poor
Re: Modern Cambodian Houses Made Out of Lego Bricks For the Poor
The bagged earth/rice hulls do not need extra framing to hold up roof they can handle the compression load, so no extra 'framing' is needed just to hold the roof up. Framing of windows and doors is all that's used and there are types of windows that don't have to be framed . Even if the construction is 'framed' with the cement columns liked used in the local construction then using bagged earth/rice hulls to fill the voids instead of bricks would be cheaper, faster and easier for the owner builder without skills to build to construct. They have to additional advantage over bricks of being super insulated, too.willyhilly wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:01 am Yes of course they are rendered just like straw bale houses. They say the first couple of courses should be bags filled with stones as a damp proof course.Usually the straw bale homes have substantial frames for strength and to support the roof, so they are nor that cheap to build.
Another cheap way to build is with ferro-cement construction.
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Re: Modern Cambodian Houses Made Out of Lego Bricks For the Poor
beaker wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 2:51 pmThe bagged earth/rice hulls do not need extra framing to hold up roof they can handle the compression load, so no extra 'framing' is needed just to hold the roof up. Framing of windows and doors is all that's used and there are types of windows that don't have to be framed . Even if the construction is 'framed' with the cement columns liked used in the local construction then using bagged earth/rice hulls to fill the voids instead of bricks would be cheaper, faster and easier for the owner builder without skills to build to construct. They have to additional advantage over bricks of being super insulated, too.willyhilly wrote: ↑Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:01 am Yes of course they are rendered just like straw bale houses. They say the first couple of courses should be bags filled with stones as a damp proof course.Usually the straw bale homes have substantial frames for strength and to support the roof, so they are nor that cheap to build.
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Another cheap way to build is with ferro-cement construction.
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Re: Modern Cambodian Houses Made Out of Lego Bricks For the Poor
Another good idea for recycled house-building using plastic bottles.Kuroneko wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2016 11:08 amThey've been using plastic bottles in Taiwan to construct buildings:kiwiincambodia wrote:Something like this would work well here with the amount of beer drunk....
Heineken’s Lost Plan To Build Houses Out Of Beer Bottles
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672684/hei ... er-bottles
Photograph: Pablo Mediavilla Costa/El Pais
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... rn-sahara-On the ground lie hundreds of sand-filled, 1.5 litre plastic bottles that serve as bricks. With them, Tateh has found a way to fight back against the harshness of the Algerian desert that is home to 90,000 long-term refugees from western Sahara. It’s not yet that hot, but in summer, when the temperature rises above 50C, it will be impossible to venture out of doors.
“I was born in a sun-dried brick house,” he says. “The roof was made of sheets of zinc – one of the best heat conductors. Me and my family had to endure high temperatures, rain and sandstorms that would sometimes take the roof off.
The houses possess several qualities that equip them for the brutal ecosystem of the Algerian hamada, the so-called desert of all deserts. The walls are made of sand-filled plastic bottles, cement and a mixture of earth and straw that acts as thermal insulation. Compared with the traditional sun-dried bricks, which fall apart in the rains that batter the region from time to time, they are very tough.
Their circular shape serves a dual purpose: not only does it stop dunes forming during sandstorms as happens with square houses, it also – along with the white-painted exterior – reduces the impact of solar rays by up to 90%.
A double roof with a ventilation space and two windows set at different heights to encourage air flow mean that temperatures are 5C lower than in the other houses in the camps.
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Re: Modern Cambodian Houses Made Out of Lego Bricks For the Poor
decent idea tbh, the plastic is non-biodegradable so will last a long while too!Anchor Moy wrote: ↑Fri Jun 30, 2017 4:01 pmAnother good idea for recycled house-building using plastic bottles.Kuroneko wrote: ↑Thu Jun 02, 2016 11:08 amThey've been using plastic bottles in Taiwan to construct buildings:kiwiincambodia wrote:Something like this would work well here with the amount of beer drunk....
Heineken’s Lost Plan To Build Houses Out Of Beer Bottles
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1672684/hei ... er-bottles
Photograph: Pablo Mediavilla Costa/El Pais
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... rn-sahara-On the ground lie hundreds of sand-filled, 1.5 litre plastic bottles that serve as bricks. With them, Tateh has found a way to fight back against the harshness of the Algerian desert that is home to 90,000 long-term refugees from western Sahara. It’s not yet that hot, but in summer, when the temperature rises above 50C, it will be impossible to venture out of doors.
“I was born in a sun-dried brick house,” he says. “The roof was made of sheets of zinc – one of the best heat conductors. Me and my family had to endure high temperatures, rain and sandstorms that would sometimes take the roof off.
The houses possess several qualities that equip them for the brutal ecosystem of the Algerian hamada, the so-called desert of all deserts. The walls are made of sand-filled plastic bottles, cement and a mixture of earth and straw that acts as thermal insulation. Compared with the traditional sun-dried bricks, which fall apart in the rains that batter the region from time to time, they are very tough.
Their circular shape serves a dual purpose: not only does it stop dunes forming during sandstorms as happens with square houses, it also – along with the white-painted exterior – reduces the impact of solar rays by up to 90%.
A double roof with a ventilation space and two windows set at different heights to encourage air flow mean that temperatures are 5C lower than in the other houses in the camps.
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Re: Modern Cambodian Houses Made Out of Lego Bricks For the Poor
I've been in several Zulu and Chenyanja huts, where the floor is made of compressed cow dung.
It's very smooth, odourless, and cool.
It's very smooth, odourless, and cool.
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