Biome In Nigeria
Biome was involved in the design of a student housing project in Nigeria and the subsequent technology transfer process. Biome worked with the local staff of Earthblocks, Nigeria the developers in,
- Site identification
- Developing the building brief and design
- Soil identification and modification
- Making of rammed earth foundations
- Making of stabilised mud bricks and building walls
- Making of Pre-cast roofing panels and Pre-cast concrete beams
- Making mud centering for roofs and lintels
SheelRaj Shetty and Sharath Nayak were involved in the technology transfer process and worked jointly on the design with Chitra.
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Chitra here.I like stories associated with projects and this one has an interesting one.
The process of this design and execution was a truly global one. The client, Mr.Mobolaji, sent us an email while he was working in Ireland .Frankly we did not believe the email at all in the beginning.Mobolaji came over to India met us and gave us presentation of the site.He then travelled to Auroville to see more mud buildings as well purchase a machine.
Then while he was staying over for three days in Bangalore we spent whole day and major part of the night on two days working out a design based on teh climatic conditions--which were to maximise the wind movement for the humid equatorial climate. Anne , trainee from Germany helped us in making a 3D-one of the first 3Ds done in the office. It was fun and we called the building "The Butterfly".
After Mobolaji's return , he sent an architect Jimmy over to us to be trained for construction.We did try our best with training Jimmy but he did contribute to Indian economy by purchasing lots of stuff in India.
When the construction was to begin Sharath went to Oru and helped in streamlining the construction as well as scouted for a better site in terms of location and quality of the soil.
The new site changed the design which was made into four replicable parts and Sheel went over to help /train build the same. Sheel stayed for eight months and built quite a large portion of the first phase while experimented and demonstrated different techniques to the construction folks.
Chitra here.I like stories associated with projects and this one has an interesting one.
The process of this design and execution was a truly global one. The client, Mr.Mobolaji, sent us an email while he was working in Ireland .Frankly we did not believe the email at all in the beginning.Mobolaji came over to India met us and gave us presentation of the site.He then travelled to Auroville to see more mud buildings as well purchase a machine.
Then while he was staying over for three days in Bangalore we spent whole day and major part of the night on two days working out a design based on teh climatic conditions--which were to maximise the wind movement for the humid equatorial climate. Anne , trainee from Germany helped us in making a 3D-one of the first 3Ds done in the office. It was fun and we called the building "The Butterfly".
After Mobolaji's return , he sent an architect Jimmy over to us to be trained for construction.We did try our best with training Jimmy but he did contribute to Indian economy by purchasing lots of stuff in India.
When the construction was to begin Sharath went to Oru and helped in streamlining the construction as well as scouted for a better site in terms of location and quality of the soil.
The new site changed the design which was made into four replicable parts and Sheel went over to help /train build the same. Sheel stayed for eight months and built quite a large portion of the first phase while experimented and demonstrated different techniques to the construction folks.
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