Rafined

Workshop to prefabricated construction elements, treat and prepare materials.

Tools to split bamboo

Tools to work structure and finishes

Example of the many joints of bamboo structures.

Earth Bags wall, long bags filled with earth+cement+lime, barb wire to prevent sliding.

Concrete footings, metal pin , wood post and bamboo roof structure.

Example of "Bahareque" wall, bamboo structure and stucco finishing.

Round opening in wall, leading to the door.

Bamboo grid in round window.

Bamboo panels, woven and split for interior divisions.

Wood post and beam structure holding bamboo roof.

Concrete post, metal pins and bamboo trusses.

Metal details in roof structure, hand forged metal contervents.

Bamboo roof structure, slab and tiles for covering.

Small bamboo roof for pathways, with wood shingles roof.

Colored stucco roof, ocher pigments and plaster between rafters.

BUILDING TECHNIQUES

Traditional

Drainage of the path ways, with simple techniques using simple tools.

Elevated Bamboo pathways, with galvanized wire nods.

Bridges using natural materials, and traditional techniques.

The making of the adobe bricks "tamales", a mixture of clay+sand+lime with rice hay.

They are assembled into rings that when put together form a sphere, or any other shape.

Walls made of bamboo or wood structures grass filling and natural grout.

Grass walls for some open areas.

Stick walls for fencing.

Bamboo reinforced bahareque walls, a mixture of grass+mud+binding agent.

Split bamboo wall, attach to a bamboo structure.

Woven bamboo panel, for interior divisions.

Tressed panels, grass rolled around a stick, fixed in a frame and covered by a stucco.

Palm roof, made with the stems of the leafs.

Hay roof, made of bundles of hay attached to the roof structure.

Palm roof, the whole leafs split in half and laid on top of each others.

Rice hay roof, hay sawed to roof structure.

Thanks to the "libro del arquitecto descalso", Simon Veles and CalHearth for de details.