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

Friday, April 30, 2010

Stage 2 - Making the mudbricks...

In the process of creating our mudbrick wall, stage 2 got under way in making the mudbricks. In doing so the team had managed to produce approximately 80 bricks out of the two molds in which our mudbrick mixture were placed in. It was a rather precise mixture of sand, soil, straw/dried-up grass and water ending up with a soupy but firm consistency. Currently the mudbricks are drying up in the sun. Hopefully the weather is good in the next couple of days or so in order for the bricks to dry thoroughly as possible ready for the constructing stage.

~dave.
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