Adobe and Bamboo Research Institute

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 With the theme of “Answer to Cost Reduction in Building Sector” the seminar was organized by CESEF (Clean Building Technology for Nepal) on 14th and 15th Nov 2008 at Malla Hotel, Kathmandu, Nepal. On behalf of Abari one of our directors Mr. Shishir Gairhe represented the seminar. Experts involved in the environmental friendly and low cost building technology were all invited to share their experience of their research and implementation. Mr. Gairhe shared his experience in working with eco friendly building material such as Bamboo and Adobe. His experience was well acknowledged and few of students were interested in doing research the Abari technology, also few stakeholders from India were interested in implementing the technology in India.

This seminar also highlighted the details of the Rat Trap Bond, whose use will ultimately reduce the cost drastically with 30% reduction in Bricks and 50% reduction in Cement Mortar, few of the participants also presented on Green Building technology  ( For further Details contact Office)

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Here is another demonstration of ours- a bamboo truss. The building is combination of compressed earth block that are reinforced with bamboo. Bamboo are connected using cement and metal rebars. The roof is insulated from inside with flattened bamboo. And if you notice a bond beam, its round bamboo culms which are plastered with earth, vegetable fiber and stablized with cement.

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Here is our completed version of adobe dome that is integrated into a wall system. The dome will be covered with bamboo roof as a protection again heavy tropical rain. The adobe structure is reinforced with bamboo to make it earthquake resitant. This structure is a reception of community structure, which is also being built.

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Here is another of our latest creation. It is a dome that is embedded into a building which helps in making it structurally stable, apart from creating a warm ambience. Its all made of adobe, which is reinforced with bamboo. It is an office space that we are building.

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Here is an overview of the housing sector of Nepal prepared by Ujjwal Pokhrel (SNV Nepal), and the potential fabricated bamboo can do to aid the current housing problems of the country.

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Here is another technology used in Harsar. It is rammed earth reinforced with Bamboo.

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Happy New Year to everyone.

May this be the year of bamboo and mud. Our cantina is in its final stage. The trusses are complete. The structure is about 120 sq. meters in area. It uses locally harvested, locally treated bamboo which are constructed using local labor. Its a nice execution of our motto “think global, act local” It is built in a remote village called Harsar in the southern plains of Nepal. According to our calculation, the structure costs more than half compared to concrete and steel. Moreover, the structure has become pride of this impoverished but ambitious little village.

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The more we work with bamboo, more confident we become on the strength and beauty of this  vegetal steel. It  makes one wonder, why isn’t this material used more in the modern construction, as there is nothing it cant do that steel would. Yet, its cheaper, available, beautiful and yet many times more ecological. Here is one of our offices that is under construction. The cost of construction is about $200 per truss, the span is five meters and total area is about 40 sq. meter. Its a combination of earth (compressed earth blocks) and bamboo. The amount of cement used is is less than 10 percent.

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