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Auroville Workshop: Cob and Adobe Techniques

The document provides an overview of several construction techniques taught over 4 days, including: 1) Cob building which involves mixing sand and clay in a specific ratio and rolling it into balls for construction. 2) Earthcrete wall construction using stones of similar sizes laid with mortar. 3) Adobe brick making by mixing earth materials like sand, clay and straw and forming bricks to dry in the sun. 4) Mud plastering walls using a mixture of sand, fine sand and cement. 5) Cutting glass bottles safely using a glass cutter and heat from a candle.

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Auroville Workshop: Cob and Adobe Techniques

The document provides an overview of several construction techniques taught over 4 days, including: 1) Cob building which involves mixing sand and clay in a specific ratio and rolling it into balls for construction. 2) Earthcrete wall construction using stones of similar sizes laid with mortar. 3) Adobe brick making by mixing earth materials like sand, clay and straw and forming bricks to dry in the sun. 4) Mud plastering walls using a mixture of sand, fine sand and cement. 5) Cutting glass bottles safely using a glass cutter and heat from a candle.

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MATERIALS

AND
CONSTRUCTION
CASE STUDY AUROVILLE
DAY 1 - COB

We start our workshop from group of Members . In day one we learned


about cob
To Make a cob we need to do mix the sand in the ratio of 6:1
6 – normal sand & 1- M sand
By applying water in correct consistency
To get a proper mixture we need to Role the mix in sheet 4 times right to left
and vice versa
After that we need to add enough straws to make the clay more strong so
that there wont be any crack appears
After completion of mix we start making the cob ball
in cob we did to do Two Tests
DROP TEST
CIGAR TEST
This gives the good experience of how cob is made .
DAY – 1 EARTHCRETE WALL
Stone Masonry is a masonry method. On
this construction stones and mortar are
used. Stones used are natural rocks and for
small filling they used demolished building
wastes. There is a various proportions of
stone blocks. By selecting stones with
similar sizes this can made by applying
mortar in certain thickness(if u know it add
that). And select the stone block and lay it
on the mortar by fixing smaller blocks near
the main block to close the void spaces and
fill rest with mortar. It gives a good
aesthetic look and also sustainable
DAY 2 ADOBE
Adobe is a dried mud brick. It is made by
combining natural elements of earth materials with
water and by use of sun. Materials used are sand,
clay, water and straw If brick size 19*9*9 adobe is
made up of the ratio .The mixture is then put into
the wooden forms And leveled it by using... After
this process finished remove the form work slowly
and in vertical manner with disturbing the mud
mixture . Then lay it on the surface of the sun.
Leave the mud brick to dry for ( 3 day dry). Then
these Adobe are used for construction. The sun
dried bricks are then laid using mortar. Mud
mortars are used for its best performance
DAY 2 MUD PLASTERING

It is a type of natural way of plastering


which is more sustainable and pollution
[Link] mixture for mud plastering is of
sand , M- sand and Cement is mixed in the
ratio of 1:3:3 Then after preparing mud
mixture for plastering is plaster on the wall
and smoothen it and dry it
I get good experience in this workshop
DAY 2 BOTTEL CUTTING

1 .place glass bottle in a


support that allows you to
rotate the bottle without
tipping it over
2. Trace line with a glass
cutter where you want to
cut the bottle
3. using a candle heat the
line you traced . Do not
touch glass with flame .
Rotate slowly and go over 5 and 6 time
4 . Submerge bottle in a bucket of cold
water while glass is still hot
[Link] glass on either side of line to
separate into 2 pieces
Immediately afterwards sand edges with
wet sand edges with wet sand paper to
smooth down rough edges
ALL DOWN

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