Madhvapati Earthbag home, Bhor

We were approached by Mr. Praveen and Mrs Priya Madhvapati. They aspired to build a home using earthbag technique (filling soil in used cement bags to construct a wall). They had already finalised the design by themselves and were looking to be involved in the construction process as well. 

We took this up as a consultancy project. In the first site visit, we studied the local climate, soil and did some field testing and sampling to arrive at a good soil mix proportion. Later, we demonstarted how the soil is prepared and mixed, and how a wall using earthbag is erected. The local masons were trained in these couple of sessions and then built the wall by themselves, with a few inputs via phone / video call in the process.

We also guided them with regards to mud plaster and lime plaster - mix proportions, testing and sampling, demonstartion and application training.