Maato ko Ghar seems like an old method of weak buildings compared to the modern RCC, Reinforced Cement Concrete. But this presentation shows that Rammed Earth is stronger than Concrete; warm in winter at 19 degree when outside temperature is -1 degrees and cooler in summer at 25 degree when outside temperatures are 35 degrees, and cost only Rs 3500 per square feet. Fascinating.

1. Narayan Acharaya
TBS Green week Presentation
3rd April 2017

2. Our Story
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3. Construction company
building homes, schools
and hospital from
rammed earth.

4. Problem of traditional brick industry
Destroying Farm Land Child Labor / Poor working
conditions

5. Our solutions
Compress earth
onsite by hand
use earth from the
site itself
No child labor
stable job

6. Environmental impact
Avoid use of fossil fuels
by
•hand-compressing
local earth onsite
•less cement
•minimal heating/
cooling/
•maintenance

7. Socio-cultural impact
•Stable, fair
employment
•Skill development
•No child labor
•Traditional-looking,
attractive buildings

8. Impact on comfortable living
Feature
Rammed
Earth
building
Cement/brick
pillar system
Thermal
insulation
warm in
winter
cool in
summer
cold in winter
hot in
summer
Humidity
comfortable
year round
humid in
monsoon
Earthquake
resistance
Earthquake
resilient
Often poorly
built

9. Mix Soil, stone dust and cement Rammed it into a form work
When dry the wall/structure
stronger than concrete
How we
build houses

11. Bayalpata Hospital, Achham district, remote far-west Nepal
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12. Nayagaun School,
Kavrepalanchowk District
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13. Herb Nepal’s training and farm stay
centre, Ashapuri, Bhaktapur
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14. Vision
Conserve the environment and provide
employment by making safer, healthier,
more comfortable sustainable buildings in
Nepal

15. So far we have
constructed:
• 20 buildings from
Rammed Earth (homes/
schools/ hospitals)
• 5 ongoing buildings
• 5 buildings in pipeline
Progress
Since 2015

16. Lets Support beautiful
comfortable
environmentall friendly
buildings in Nepal
Narayan Acharaya
narayanjumli@icloud.com
977-9851118631
Everyone who is interested is welcome to come
and visit to experience the comfort of our
buildings for themselves