| Category Architect | Locality Achirapakkam |
Advantages
If you are seriously looking for a sustainable mud construction, the delights of mud are many.
Energy efficient, as the entire energy employed to bake the bricks in kiln is saved-mud bricks are baked under the sun
Cost effective mud is a cheaper material- Rs 150/sq ft for brick is much higher compared to Rs 20/sq ft for mud.
Interior temperatures are low keeping down electricity use.
Recycle and Reuse add some water and it is back to its plastic form again.
You can t get more sustainable or renewable a resource than mud. Approximately 58% of all buildings in India today are made of mud brick, some as many as 50 to 100 years old. Mud is gathered either at the construction site or very nearby,