Month: August 2018
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Musgum houses, Cameroon.
Musgum houses Musgum houses are sun dried clay huts that originating from Africa, the name Musgum comes from a northern province Cameroonian and Chadian tribe, they speak the language Musgu and live between the river Chari and Logne. The Musgum people from Cameroon construct their mud houses from compressed sun-dried mud. Earth is used as…
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Earthbag houses in south America
Earthbag houses in south America Earthbag houses are a cheap alternative housing method that are created by filling bags with earth materials. These bags are comprised of three main element earth, tubular bags and barbed wire. Different regions fill the bags with different or additional materials e.g. in Colombia earth bags are filled with plastic…
