Earthbag House. Windows and plaster

<strong>house and the features it comes with.</strong>

The earthbag house is made up of soil stacked up in onion net type bags and walls plastered with cement. There is a dome shape which requires no roof and the vertical walls which have the normal type of roof with iron sheet roofs on timber trusses.

<strong>How long has it taken to construct? </strong>

Construction of a 3 bedroomed house ideally usually takes 12 weeks.

<strong>What makes this a viable method of construction(eg the cost aspect)?</strong>

The earthbag houses have a unique look and also save on costs since most of the building material is soil and the dome shapes usually require no roofs.

<strong>Is this the first of a kind architecture? </strong>

In Kenya, this is amongst the first earthbag houses. There are also a couple small ones built in the Maasai Mara .

<strong>Where is it borrowed from?</strong>

Earthbag housing is common in South America, Brazil, Equador etc. Also, In USA, California, this method is also growing in familiarity, spearheaded by Architect Khalili of the Cal Eath Institute  https://www.calearth.org/

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Architect Francis Gichuhi Kamau

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