Our Earth floor tiles made with a mixture of Earth aggregates & Shea butter, these are great to walk on as there are no toxins, water resistant, gives a better indoor air quality and a beautiful earth aesthetic.
R&D today with our earth tiles, this tile has a mix of earth, Shea butter, palm Kernal & a little a cement. We polished it using local beads to bring out the shine.
We still have spaces for our rammed earth workshops taking place in August, come and learn about rammed earth construction whilst building a maternity ward for the market women of Mallam attah.
Construction for the Pata4two prototype is under way. It’s taken us just over 2 weeks to dig & ram foundations, now we are ramming the footings.
Although we’ve had a few issues with land guards, things are going according to schedule.
We are pleased to be working with Orthner, Orthner & associates and
@rc_accrasouth
to build this maternity ward for the market women of Mallam
Attah and the local community.
Join us in February 2024 for an hands on Rammed Earth Workshop.
If you’ve ever wanted to build a home or structure with earth, this is a great workshop to start.
Book now as spaces are very limited.
Link in bio.
Rammed Earth tile samples for space cavier.
Contributing to their ongoing research focused on rethinking the balance between the built and natural environments and the responsibility of the architect as an agent of transformation.
We will hosting 4 rammed earth workshops in August to build the walls of the maternity ward for the market women of Mallam Attah. For details how to get involved please email hiveearth
@gmail
.com
If you missed our last rammed earth workshop, we have another workshop that you can register for the 16th-17th of August. Click the link below to register your spot.
Over the past few months we have hosted training and workshops in Ghana, Nigeria, Benin and the UAE. We have and up coming working in London with our friends
@BlackFemArc
, where should we go next?
We get more enquiries to learn about rammed earth than we do people wanting homes built. We have a few rammed workshops coming up in Accra soon that you can register on our site for. We also have a free online class on our site. Link in bio!
Join our online rammed earth class where our experts will teach you how to build a rammed Earth wall. This will be a step by step class teaching you everything from soil selection, formwork construction and ramming techniques. Link below for more details
@RealEddieGh
So many benefits:
1. Great thermal mass for a cooler indoor temperature.
2. Eco friendly
3. Uses less or no cement.
4. Fire proof.
5. Great for seismic zones
6. Unlike traditional mud homes its termite proof
7. Load bearing
8. No need to paint or plaster
Just to name a few.
For those interested in our rammed earth workshop, we have a free live webinar next Monday discussing the itinerary and a chance for you to ask us any questions about it.
Register via link in our bio
We are excited to be collaborating with Hive Earth to deliver a rammed earth workshop in London on 18th May.
Join us to learn how building traditional materials can offer a great opportunity to innovate for the future!
#construction
#sustainability
@dnahinga
We will actually be doing a workshop to help build this maternity ward, so if your interested learning about building with earth it would be great to get involved.
@bryceyancy
@housingafrique
We realised a lot of people have land in rural areas, but if there is no basic services on the land like water and electricity that eats into the cost of the build.
@TiffanySoulbird
As part of our r&d we will be doing a shatter resistance test and also take it to standards authority for further testing for its strength and durability.
@nzeora
@cchukudebelu
The materials can last for at least 300 years, rammed earth is basically sedimentary rock formation so over time it gets stronger.
@bryceyancy
@housingafrique
Then there is the issue of land, in almost every project we have done we have had litigation issues, sorting these can become time consuming and also eats into overall project cost.