Mud brick Archives < Natural Building Collective https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/category/mud-brick/ Sustainable building principles to connect, create, empower and educate. Tue, 24 Sep 2024 09:20:19 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cropped-Square-logo-32x32.png Mud brick Archives < Natural Building Collective https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/category/mud-brick/ 32 32 Lebone Village launch https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/lebone-village-launch/ https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/lebone-village-launch/#respond Tue, 30 Sep 2014 10:20:26 +0000 http://naturalbuildingcollective.wordpress.com/?p=4161 Imagine being outside on a chilly Free State winter morning with the sun just coming out and starting to gently warm your body. Now imagine being told to take off your shoes in order to trudge in icy cold mud. I glanced at my fellow volunteers and I saw a collective dissent quietly dawn on […]

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]]> https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/lebone-village-launch/feed/ 0 Reflections and observations on a recent visit to the former Transkei https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/reflections-and-observations-on-a-recent-visit-to-the-former-transkei/ https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/reflections-and-observations-on-a-recent-visit-to-the-former-transkei/#comments Sun, 29 Jun 2014 19:53:19 +0000 http://naturalbuildingcollective.wordpress.com/?p=285 The post Reflections and observations on a recent visit to the former Transkei appeared first on Natural Building Collective.

]]> https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/reflections-and-observations-on-a-recent-visit-to-the-former-transkei/feed/ 2 Understanding Earth II: Testing earth https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/understanding-earth-ii-testing-earth/ https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/understanding-earth-ii-testing-earth/#respond Tue, 03 Jun 2014 12:28:47 +0000 http://naturalbuildingcollective.wordpress.com/?p=268 By Peter McIntosh (Please note that in order to understand what is written here you will need to have read my previous post on understanding earth)   Earth requires two properties to make it strong enough for building, compressive and tensile strength. In much the same way that steel works in concrete they can’t be […]

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]]> https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/understanding-earth-ii-testing-earth/feed/ 0 Understanding Earth: The beginnings of a Natural Builder https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/understanding-earth-the-beginnings-of-a-natural-builder/ https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/understanding-earth-the-beginnings-of-a-natural-builder/#comments Sun, 20 Apr 2014 13:29:37 +0000 http://naturalbuildingcollective.wordpress.com/?p=153 By Peter McIntosh One of the challenges of working with earth is that no two sites are the same. The recipes one learns on one site may not work on another, because the earths’ found there are composed differently. Most earth building relies on a mix of sand and clay, which may be present in […]

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]]> https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/understanding-earth-the-beginnings-of-a-natural-builder/feed/ 1 Using natural materials: A comparison https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/using-natural-materials-a-comparison/ https://www.naturalbuildingcollective.com/using-natural-materials-a-comparison/#respond Sun, 09 Mar 2014 09:51:49 +0000 http://naturalbuildingcollective.wordpress.com/?p=91 by Malcolm Worby Using natural materials for construction of dwellings and community buildings, is the oldest method of building since humans moved away from caves. In fact, more people in the world live in houses built of natural materials, than any other type of building material. It is therefore the most common method of building […]

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