Adobe Construction camp in Hungary |
The aim of this one week long workshop was to let people meet the old Hungarian traditions and make them to be aware of the benefits of using organic and traditional materials. Adobe is a very old traditional material for building houses. In Hungary if you go to the countryside 60-70% of the houses are still made of adobe. This is a very practical material accommodating of Hungary`s climate – keeps warm during the cold winter and cool during the hot summer. The preparation of adobe brick is the most possibly environment friend way as it is made from clay, straw, water and dung, only organic materials. The maintenance of it is relatively easy also – needs some more mud in every 2-3 years and to be painted by whitewash (Calcium oxid CaO). The construction of the houses especially in the countryside was a social event too, which brought people closer to each other.
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