While designing Thannal cob homes for Thannal workers we kept this Growing tree as our center point in our design composition, so the whole structure started growing around this tree and our drain.
Who am I mud house has a loft made of bamboo and a small kitchen. West wall has an art work using broken tiles and bottles. This side is also carved using chisel.
Summer started in Thiruvannamalai, our growing trees started giving shades. Especially our mud structure is really cool inside. Our beloved friend Shihab Kader, a photographer visited us
As a request from others after 3 years we all thought of putting this land art in this blog.We named this sculpture “Giri Vannakam”, means bow to a mountain, Arunachala
Construction photos of mud house . Children really enjoyed working with mud, as well as making sculptures. Earth architecture is really a healing process.
This hut roof and walls has been covered using coconut leaf. All the parts of coconut tree are useful, so it is called “the tree which provides the necessities of life”
Whole idea was to start a small bamboo hut.But we decided to make a strong hut with a loft (here in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu they call it Parni for a loft).
