Green Roof Cob House

The cob house.

Green roof cob house. It is built with straw bale walls and limestone plaster log roof rafters an. Doing the edge was the trickiest part since i had the fold the epdm underneath itself and leave a little bit exposed to protect the edge logs. Once the perimeter of the roof was covered with sod we covered the rest of the roof. Video tour of an incredible underground hobbit home that is completely off grid.

Without having prior knowledge of making cob house he read some literature to embark on this project. It s the mcdonald s kinderhilfe stiftung a guest house for the parents of seriously ill children in the nearby hospital in essen germany hundertwasser said when one creates green roofs the houses themselves become part of the landscape. It can also provide a nesting area for birds. The build involved mixing and laying 2000 tonnes of cob all during warm sunny weather so it could dry rock solid.

Basically a green roof is a sort of rooftop garden. The house was to be formed of two vast curved cob roundhouses connected by glazing and topped with undulating wild flower meadow roofs to mirror the surrounding countryside. Building the living roof. A green roof can lower the temperature in your house improve local air quality and help add green space in urban areas where concrete is king.

To create a green roof you lay down a waterproof barrier material for drainage a layer of soil and plants source. This building is the work of artist designer and architect hundertwasser. Cob building lends itself to incorporating salvaged and eclectic building materials. This is just the beginning of the year and.

This hobbit house in wales was built in four months and cost about 4 600 in building materials. Since i already wrote about cutting sod for my roof i will describe how the sod was loaded. A cob house in a true sense this one built by michael buck a 59 year old farmer and retired teacher is unique because no power tools were used in its making michael created this one room mud house over a span of eight months with a budget of just us 250.