COLUMN CONSTRUCTION TECHNIC

CLASSIFICATION OF RURAL HOUSES

BRITIGHAR (the house and all its rooms fenced within one boundary )

PLYWOOD FORMWORK EARTH LAYER COMPACTED NEXT LAYER ADDED AND ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF ONCE DRY , THE FORMWORK ATCHALA ( house of eight roofs, four over the main building and
FILLED WITH LAYER OF MOIST PROCESS REPEATED MOIST EARTH ARE ADDED IS REMOVED TO REVEAL THE
EARTH MIX ( CONCRETE ,
USING PNEUMATIC BACKFILL
TAMPER
AND COMPRESSED RAMMED EARTH WALL four over the verandas attached on each side
GRAVEL, SAND,CLAY )

CHOUSHALA ( four rooms on four raised side or a uthan

or open space in the middle

Soil should be crushed and

sieved through a screen.
Debris and organic matter
2"-3" thick stabilised earth
should be removed capping

6"-7" thick on the sides

5% cement by volume
should be mixed with earth in
dry state. After mixing
thoroughly, water should be
added to make a paste like
mixture.
compacted earthen plint

COB HOUSES TECHNOLOGY

1. with only a little water to form a very stiff mud a large lump is roughly moulded into the shape of a huge Soil-cement mix to be
elongated egg placed and compacted by
2. the usual size is anything between 12 to 18 inches long, and about 6 inches in diameter . hand. To achieve smooth
3. a row of these cobs of mud re laid neatly side by side preferab;ly somewhat pressed together . finish . trowel can be used
then another row of cobs is laid on top
4. when three or four courses have been laid one above the other , the sides are smoothened
over so that the holes and cracks disappear.
5. openings for doors and windows are problem, which can be solved by using temporary vertical
planks or shuttering. After completion of casting
6. Another very simple shuttering for openings is to use empty kerosene tins
, the finished plinth should
be compacted with
hand-rammer

VILLAGE OF INTERIOR SECTION PART IN THREE LAYERS

· Stone foundation
· In past Reinforcement of timber
beam and it was dry
· Now Reinforcement of R.C.C Beam
it is with cement morter

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BACHELOR'S OF ARCHITECTURE
APARAJITA GAIROLA
GANGA INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE AND TOWN PLANNING RURAL SETTLEMENT STUDY AMRITA KUMARI 2ND YEAR

VILLAGE- LAUDOHA
ANJALI KUMARI 4TH SEMESTER
REETESH BASARI