Professional Documents
Culture Documents
A Glimpse...
Focus on
Residences for Economically Weaker
Sections (EWS) to bungalows
Housing colonies, Social housing
Small to medium sized buildings
Educational and institutional campuses
Small scale infrastructure projects
Etc.
Components
Foundation
Superstructure: Walls, Openings, Roof
Finishes: Walls, Roof, Flooring
Miscellaneous works
Random rubble
Foundation
Foundation
45 cm wide foundation is
usually sufficient for one
or two storey buildings in
soils with 10Mt/sqm safe
bearing capacity.
Random rubble
Foundation
Foundation
Foundation
Foundation
Foundation
Foundation
Foundation
Bamboo,and
coconut
piles ResortFoundation
Beach
Lake
Foundation
Foundation
Foundation
Arch foundation
Foundation
Arch foundation
Foundation
Foundation
Mud foundation
Foundation
Wall
Wall
Adobe
Wall
Wall
COB
COB
Wall
Cob
Wall
Wall
CEB
Compressed Earth
block used in a
very versatile
manner
LBC NASA Exposure Programme 2013
Wall
Interlocking CEB
Auram machine
Hydraform machine
LBC NASA Exposure Programme 2013
Wall
Stone
masonry
LBC NASA Exposure Programme 2013
Wall
Articulated slender
masonry
Wall
Articulated slender
masonry
Houses
in halfbrick wall
Wall
Wall
Wall
Brick masonry in
rat-trap bond
fly ash
10.00%
lime
5.00%
Gypsum
FaL-G
patented invention of
Dr N Bhanumathidas
and N Kalidas,
INSWAREB, Eco
Carbon Private Ltd.
A CDM (Clean
Development
Mechanism)
Project with the
World Bank
IS
12894:1990
Specification
for Flyash
Lime bricks
LBC NASA Exposure Programme 2013
Foundation, Wall
Reconstituted stone blocks /
Stone filler blocks
Foundation, Wall
Reconstituted stone blocks /
Stone filler blocks
Wall
Wall
Wall
EWS housing by
Awas Vikas Sansthan Jaipur
Spanning
Corbelled arches
Spanning
Masonry Arches
Spanning
Reinforced Brick Lintel
Openings
Frameless Doors and
Windows
Openings
Frameless Doors and
Windows
Door shutters made of
block-board, ply, particle
boards make good
alternatives to timber
door shutters.
Openings
Honeycomb Brickwork
Roof
Roof
Roof
Roof
Roof
Roof
Office building
Ferrocement Channel
Cyclone resistant
housing Orissa
Canteen
parking shed
Rural house
Benefits
Roof
Funicular Shell
Roof
Funicular Shell
Section of a typical
funicular slab
restrained by edge
beams
Roof
Funicular Shell
Roof
Roof
IS 14142: 1994
IS 14143: 1994
Roof
Finishes
Exposed masonry with pointed finish
Non erodable mud plaster
Lime plaster
Lime-cement combination plaster
Natural extracts as paint (cashew oil,
bees wax, linseed oil)
Clay with adhesives as paint
Lime wash
Finishes
Exposed brick masonry
with flush pointed finish
Finishes
Exposed FaL-G masonry
with flush pointed finish
Flooring
Flooring
Terracotta tiles
Electric wiring
Minimise length of cables.
Location of points.
Ensure reliable earthing.
Sanitation
Twin leach pit latrines
Compost toilets (dry)
Bio-digestors
Leach pit
Bio-digestor
Bio-digestor
Bio-digestor
Bio-digestor
Waste management
Duck weed treatment for waste water
Treatment using constructed wetlands for
waste water
Segregation at source
Vermiculture
Recycling
LBC NASA Exposure Programme 2013
Rainwater harvesting
Acknowledgement