“The patient should feel like being in a temple, an Aayalam”, Dr.Jayanthi told us, “the hospital should be earthy and calm. A center for healing and birth. Something that can […]
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2016 Hands On Mud
Introducing Earth building at NIT,Trichy When you build with earth, you have to get your hands into it! Here are glimpses from a series of HANDS-ON workshops; introducing various earth […]
Read more2015 Brick Kiln House
The brick Kiln house is coming up! Stone foundation and compressed stabilized earth blocks (CSEB). Read more about the project here.
Read more2015 Natural Plasters Workshop at RR School Of Architecture
So glad to see a building-with-earth-curriculum making its way into our architecture schools. A really great response from the students of RR School of Architecture!
Read more2015 Cute and Care
Suma and Shuba are two sisters from Bangalore with secret alter egos. They are setting up an organic farm near the small village of Seegehalli, in the outer reaches […]
Read moreTadelakt and more, a natural plasters workshop, July 2015
A plaster that breathes, regulates temperature and humidity inside the building, absorbs both noise and odors and that ages beautifully with time. Add to that the infinite possibilities in aesthetics; […]
Read moreCastle Kiosk, Portugal
9 weeks 15 people 3000 Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks 1 goal: Building the 11th century Castle Kiosk in Earth! The Journey In the summer months of 2014, the team at […]
Read more2014 Ecological Bus-stop
We developed a prototype of a bus-stop for the village of Leubringhen, to be used by students and travelers in the region. “An opportunity to demonstrate ecological materials in a […]
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