Finally – The Shed

Gwilym — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:02:49 +0000

It was almost certainly a mistake to build the house first, although I have been assured that if you do build the shed first: You never build a house.

Either way – the dream is becoming a reality. Toby and the esteemed super-builders Karl Boomsma and Ben have been going hard the last few weeks and the roof is getting close.

The construction is Typical Kiwi Shed. But the intention is to go off track a bit and infill the walls with a lightearth straw/clay mixture. Giving us all year round – cool in summer, warm in winter – comfort for…building crazy things and fixing them later on.

We designed it as it was a bit far from the norm for a kitset, I drew the plans (just squeaking in under the certification radar I think). The local engineers, BMC, detailed it, including the steel truss Toby is hopefully making as I write this, which gives us some clear span and the ability to hoist heavy things up and move them around.

More photos will surely be coming soon.

Mechanisation of the lightearth process

Gwilym — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:11:04 +0000

I have been doing quite a lot of research into how we can speed up the lightearth/strawclay/lightstraw process for some up coming projects. This video is the best example I can find so far of more advanced production. Exciting stuff.

This video Features Tyler Buck, Tribal Construction and The Jackpine Collaborative.

Staple Design - Gwilym GJ » lightstraw

Finally – The Shed

Mechanisation of the lightearth process