Green Roof Cob House

To create a green roof you lay down a waterproof barrier material for drainage a layer of soil and plants source.

Green roof cob house.

It can also provide a nesting area for birds. This is just the beginning of the year and. The build involved mixing and laying 2000 tonnes of cob all during warm sunny weather so it could dry rock solid. This hobbit house in wales was built in four months and cost about 4 600 in building materials.

A cob house in a true sense this one built by michael buck a 59 year old farmer and retired teacher is unique because no power tools were used in its making michael created this one room mud house over a span of eight months with a budget of just us 250. It s the mcdonald s kinderhilfe stiftung a guest house for the parents of seriously ill children in the nearby hospital in essen germany hundertwasser said when one creates green roofs the houses themselves become part of the landscape. For a first time builder a yurt style roof like cyric30 suggested would probably be easiest. I build cob as well as straw bale in texas just northwest of houston we are currently offering 2 workshops starting in march the first is a split 20 day workshop 10 day cob and 10 day straw bale crammed together and the second is a 10 day cobwood cordwood cob free standing bathroom in april.

Building the living roof. The cob house. Without having prior knowledge of making cob house he read some literature to embark on this project. Doing the edge was the trickiest part since i had the fold the epdm underneath itself and leave a little bit exposed to protect the edge logs.

Since i already wrote about cutting sod for my roof i will describe how the sod was loaded. Basically a green roof is a sort of rooftop garden. Once the perimeter of the roof was covered with sod we covered the rest of the roof. A green roof can lower the temperature in your house improve local air quality and help add green space in urban areas where concrete is king.

The house was to be formed of two vast curved cob roundhouses connected by glazing and topped with undulating wild flower meadow roofs to mirror the surrounding countryside. It is built with straw bale walls and limestone plaster log roof rafters an. This building is the work of artist designer and architect hundertwasser.