Bamboo + Earth Construction
Casa de Tierra paired up with CO2 Bambu to lead students of the National Technological Institute (Instituto Nacional Tecnologico - INATEC) to create two model structures of bamboo + earth on the campus of the Universidad de Santo Tomas in Granada, Nicaragua. The ecologically innovative buildings combine locally harvested bamboo as the structural framework and earthen mixes as the wall-fill and plasters.
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Everyone pitching in to mix the interior straw and clay wall-fill
Nicaraguan Bamboo used for the structures
Group leader teaching a volunteer
Austin leads the group orientation
Bamboo encasing the straw and clay wall-fill
Volunteers plastering the wall with the earthen mix
Bamboo roofing system
Creating natural paint samples
A volunteer plastering the interior wall
The exterior base earthen plaster is complete
Applying the lime plaster to the exterior wall
Bamboo + Earthen Walls + Natural Paints
