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House Alive Gallery International Work Mexico (2007)

Mexico (2007)

Date: 06/01/2007
Size: 20 items
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Using a machete to cut a local grass to use in the cob mix.

Date: 06/02/2007
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The cob building workshop site in Xilitla, Mexico (Feb 2007)

Date: 06/02/2007
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James solo-mixing cob... in the rain!

Date: 06/02/2007
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A celebration on the last night of a cob workshop.

Date: 06/04/2007
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Eliya fills the rubble trench for the cob library foundation in Zipolite, Mexico

Date: 06/02/2007
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Earth bag foundation for the cob library, with first layer of cob in place.

Date: 06/02/2007
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Making adobe bricks for the cob library in Zipolite

Date: 06/02/2007
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Building in bookshelves for the cob library

Date: 06/02/2007
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You're never to young to mix cob!

Date: 06/02/2007
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Rebar can be used as bars in the arched cob windows, to prevent people from climbing in through the windows.

Date: 06/02/2007
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carrying a 30 ft ridge poll from the mountains down the site of the cob library.

Date: 06/02/2007
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The cob library in Zipolite, Mexico, nearly ready for the roof tiles to be set in place.

Date: 06/02/2007
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A "naturally built" hybrid building in Chiapas.

Date: 06/04/2007
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Plastering with a donkey manure and cactus juice plaster.

Date: 06/04/2007
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Applying an earthen floor in Chiapas.

Date: 06/04/2007
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Dona Andrea smiling in her new home.

Date: 06/04/2007
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Plastering clay "daub" onto woven bamboo "waddle" (waddle and daub)

Date: 06/02/2007
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A waddle and daub composting toilet built in Chiapas, Mexico

Date: 06/02/2007
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Fantastical cob oven in Oaxaca, Mexico, painted with metal oxides.

Date: 06/02/2007
Views: 265
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Cob bench with colorful lime plaster and roof frame in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Date: 06/02/2007
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