Earth building reform

 Payaka urban development

Today we brought in some raw materials to start an interesting reform project that is going to add here a couple of extra rooms, two new bathrooms one of which with a hot tub and other common spaces. 

Three bales will do for the first tests.

We *harvested* three bags of each kind.
The one on the left, a bit more yellowish color, turns into a sticky mass wish is perfect for our building purpose. Hopefully if it is in the budget, we will be able to get real prime materials for the final rendering.
We will use a mix of techniques and see what`s best for this site, possibly staying in the range of the so-called light-clay and widely promoted by my earth building teacher and many other ecobuilding centers in Italy using this clay/straw method instead of using strawbales or making adobe bricks.
Now as we stored here straw and clay, we can start doing all the other preparations and planning before starting to build. Many other things will keep happening at the same time. Stay tuned!