Inga's House Functionality and Aesthetics: Difference between revisions
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Specifications: | Specifications: | ||
We are going to have an automatic CEB press. | *We are going to have an automatic CEB press. | ||
We have a limited amount of time to build. (July 25 to August 22) | *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) | *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. | *Marcin will be required to run the tractor and CEB press. | ||
Possibilities: | Possibilities: | ||
Foam insulation. | *Insulation: | ||
Multi-layers of bricks. | **Foam insulation. | ||
**Multi-layers of bricks. | |||
*Roof: | |||
**Vault | |||
***For a square building | |||
***From constructing the CEB workshop: Square brick designs are more stable (interlocking corner bricks) and easier to make it vertical. | |||
**Dome | |||
***For a round building | |||
***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 === | === Marcin === | ||
Revision as of 19:18, 7 June 2009
Ben
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
- From constructing the CEB workshop: Square brick designs are more stable (interlocking corner bricks) and easier to make it vertical.
- Dome
- For a round building
- 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.
- Vault