Category: Building Finishes

4 Bedroom Maisonette

Creating beauty takes time. Case of Brick Facing

It is almost not possible to build something timeless and beautiful in a hurry.

When building, you can use the same amount of money that would hsve built a beautiful house to build an ugly thing. The area will not reduce, you might use the same quantity of materials and most likely, you will spend more time cumulatively in correcting defects, change of mind and trying to perfect that which has no beauty.

To build anything beautiful, one must be driven by keenness, patience and understanding.

Proposed 2 Bedroom Residence

Example: Building a Brick Facade.

A brick facade needs attention because the number of mortar joints are many, any smudges of concrete will stain the bricks and is equally hard to clean. Therefore, building a brick wall or cladding an existing wall with facing bricks is a good example of, “building beauty takes time.”

“Either you are trying to make something beautiful or you are trying to get it finished. You cannot serve two masters.” – Gary Zucker.

Container Housing

ReThinking Maasai Architecture, Cargotecture and Rammed Earth.

This is a brief reflection on whether we can combine Maasai Architecture with its love for dome shaped structures, the versatile Container Architecture and Rammed Earth.

Basic Idea
A heavily granulated rammed earth wall runs along the mid section of the house creating a beautiful headboard that is full of character and grace.
Vertical and Horizontal Cup-Tray Design to create storage space for the home office.
The rear entrance of the house features an L-Shaped Counter Topped Rammed Earth Wall. It creates a serving space and helps define the Kitchen Yard.

The house has provision for sleeping quarters, home office, a Kitchen, Dining Space and Lounge.

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