Group: Daniel, David, Kellie, Lloyd, Michael



A Little Infomation On MudBricks

Mudbrick or Adobe is a natural building made from sand, clay, manure and water, with some kind of fibrous or organic material such as sticks or straw. (In our Mudbricks we included dry grass clippings.) This mixture is then shaped into bricks using frames andthen dried in the sun.




Buildings made from Mudbricks are extremely durable and account for some of the oldest buildings on earth.




In hot climates buildings built with mudbricks tend to keep cooler than other buildings made from wood. They are fantastic insulators from the outside temperature.









Sketch of wall

Sketch of wall
Design Sketch

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Judgement Day...

All the hard work and effort put in by the team now comes to this very moment where we must now put the wall made of mudbricks under the water test... D:

To our anticipation, the wall stood up quite well under the light spray of water. So we cranked up the hose and sprayed the wall on full blast. Although there was only a little bit of dirt and mud were coming off the wall due to the force of the water, the wall remained relatively undamaged and was still standing. Overall the water test was a success!

Here are some photos of the finished wall...as you can see even a little bit of grass was growing out from the mudbricks ~



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