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-=== Ben ===
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-If the structure is a square base, then the roof is easiest as a half cylinder vault.
-If the structure is round, then a dome is easier.
-=== Jeremy ===
-Goals: Our goals are to build a quality house at eFarm using as many local materials as possible.
-Specifications:
-*We are going to have an automatic CEB press.
-*We have a limited amount of time to build. (July 25 to August 22)
-*We are going to be limited by how many people are here to build. (Inga, Marcin, Jeremy, Guy)
-*Marcin will be required to run the tractor and CEB press.
-Possibilities:
-*Insulation:
-**Foam insulation.
-**Multi-layers of bricks.
-*Roof:
-**Vault
-***For a square building
-**Dome
-***For a round building
-*From constructing the CEB workshop: Square brick designs are more stable (interlocking corner bricks) and easier to make it vertical.
-*From constructing the CEB workshop: Round sections are more difficult to do and harder to make vertical. One of the curved/angled wall sections was made with substandard frozen mortar material and it collapsed when the mortar thawed.
-=== Marcin ===
-[[Category:Inga's House]]