Indalwadi Farm House, Mud Blocks and Filler Slabs Construction

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Reusing windows, Indalwadi farmhouse
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Filler slab and reused railings, Indalwadi farmhouse
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Reusing doors, Indalwadi farmhouse
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Reusing doors/windows and filler slab, Indalwadi farmhouse
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Indalwadi Farm House, Mud Blocks and Filler Slabs Construction

Built Area: 1300 sq.ft
Caretaker's house: 150 sq.ft
Site Area:12000 sq.ft
Client: Ravinder Reddy
Location: Nr. Jigni, Bangalore

Spaces filled with light and air, flowing effortlessly into one-another to create a weekend house that makes the family and friends come together.

Truly a zero-waste project. This farm house is a good example of sustainable architecture- right from making mud-blocks on the site to reusing doors-windows from demolished buildings, from harvesting all water on the site to running the whole household on solar power.

Mud blocks made on site, with mud, granite dust (in place of sand) and very little cement. They were sun-dried, not kiln-baked- these are called CSEB- compressed stabilised earth blocks.
Exact quantity of blocks was arrived at during the drawing-stage, so we cast the exact number of blocks required. There was practically no debris left after construction.
All doors and windows were sourced from demolished buildings, we tweaked the design a little to accommodate what was available and not the vice versa.
All doors and windows came with their own grills, so no steel fabrication work required. An old steel railing was recycled for the mezzanine area.
Filler slabs are used for all RCC slabs and sloping roofs, thus saving on more than 30% on usage of steel in construction.
Cement plaster was minimized by restricting it only to the portions of the exterior walls which were vulnerable in rain.
No interior paint, only bare bricks with some plastered portions of walls.
All rain water on site is harvested: roof rain water is collected, filtered and stored in a ground level tank for use.
All surface runoff is harvested in a recharge-sump layered with filter media and fitted with a pipe which can pump the water if needed.
All of the grey water from the bathroom is diverted with filtration media to the vegetable garden in the backyard. The owner uses only herbal products for washing clothes, utensils and bathing so this works fine.
All electricity in this house, including the outhouse, is powered by 2.2 KV solar panels installed on the roof.

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IMG-20160326-WA0000

IMG-20160330-WA0003-2

IMG_20170911_113023

IMG_20181229_144648-3

IMG_20181229_144859

Indalwadi farmhouse (outhouse extn)

IMG-20181216-WA0057

Reusing windows, Indalwadi farmhouse

IMG_20181229_161911

IMG_20180414_142606(1)

Filler slab and reused railings, Indalwadi farmhouse

Reusing doors/windows, Indalwadi farmhouse

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Reusing doors, Indalwadi farmhouse

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Reusing doors/windows and filler slab, Indalwadi farmhouse

IMG_20181229_145013

IMG_20180201_12381psd

IMG_20180715_143907

IMG_20180715_143901

IMG_20180201_122403(1)

Filler slab and reused railings

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IMG_20180324_165600

IMG-20180428-WA0004

IMG-20181216-WA0055-psd

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