Luxor4u

40% of the World's humans live or work in adobe that's mud plus manure type buildings.
'Not a lot of people know that!

That's over 2.5 billion people, 'well approximately.
So, I am not alone.

When I started rebuilding my 'ol adobe hacienda..we used the same techniques from 8,000 years ago.
It only stank of a stable for a few months, a smell I had grown quite fond of.

Hassan Fathy 'architecture for the poor' 1969 only built out of adobe.
He once built a mosque in New Mexico, it's still there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar_al-Is ... anization)

He also built Carnarvon Castle or it's correct name of Stoppelaëre House.
Not forgetting that his now totally ruined urban village, of new gourna is opposite me.

So water, mud, animals, straw or hay + feet + sun = adobe housing.
Warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
And relatively cheap, HF could knock up a family home for only £50 quid.
He kept very meticulous financial records.

Here is an interesting article I've just unearthed....
https://www.architectural-review.com/es ... -1900-1989

Ps: Why this ? Well I was thinking about the 'shack after 12 months of no habitation,
and that Nick intends to visit there this Xmas, 'just warning all you Christmas expats...

Having properly, just reread the article, I once swam in his deserted village well, over in New Barris.
It was like a huge crystal-clear cold 'magical pond in the desert heat.

I also built another idea he tried to reintroduce, the 'malqaff or wind catcher.
Mine never worked, So I turned it into an office wood burner..
Ps: If operating properly 'malqaffs' can drop the temperature internally down 10oC....

I can remember visiting his town in New Baris or Paris as the locals call it. I can certainly vouch for the effectiveness of the Malqaf system. It was a really warm day for the time of year yet the cold air flowing into the room was amazing.