Before the clay, the walls of the house are built with load of love and community. Working as "John clay", day by day, step by step, wall by wall. We chose the COB technique, which uses clay as structure columns in the household. We use a mixture of clay + sand + piaçava (resistant and abundant raw materials in the region where we live) and we did several tests to get the ideal proportions for durable and safe walls.
The clay used was taken from the land itself, when he was gliding. Our choice for this bioconstruction technique was made thinking about the thermal comfort of the house, support for the weight of the roof without any wooden pillars, for we approach as much as possible in a natural home, with minimal impact on nature.
And most important of all: building with COB is a beautiful movement of collectivity. Children, friends, acquaintances, who have never seen, joint efforts, so many people donating their hands and hearts in that chain that is placing the home on foot! The little love house is a great sculpture made by hundreds of hands. A natural home, finished with plaster and natural ink, returning with gratitude and awareness sustainable gift that the universe has given us!
The cob walls
