ubereglu Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 I went to the Genesis project today on a school trip. It's all about renewable and sustainable materials being used in buildings. It was a bit too hot for us when we all went on the tour around it but it's amazing. The buildings made out of terracota-honeycombed bricks, which means you don't have to insulate it. Lots of the walls are made of cob-Mud mixed with straw and stones and there are mud bricks also used too. We got to make some mud bricks. It's a lot of fun and you get very messy mixing all the mud with the water etc. Then we made a wall out of them and got to also make a wall out of the terracota bricks stuck together with lyme motar. It was a very good trip and very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 That sounds brilliant, noeglu. Can the public visit or is it just educational trips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 19, 2006 Share Posted July 19, 2006 That's very interesting, there was an article in one of the papers a while ago about a building made from cob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted July 19, 2006 Author Share Posted July 19, 2006 That sounds brilliant, noeglu. Can the public visit or is it just educational trips? I'm not quite sure, you'd have to get in touch with them. Type it into google or got to the somerset county council website they might know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
