Straw Bale Reciprocal Roof

Charlie s home is designed from the natural resources available on the land using stone roundwood straw bales clay turf and lime.

Straw bale reciprocal roof.

Reciprocal roofs are generally found on round elliptical or polygonal buildings as the weight of. But i am also hungry to learn more about the physics strengths and weaknesses of these beautiful elegant yet simple roofs. Reciprocal roofs require no center support they are quick to construct and they can be built using round poles or dimensional lumber perhaps with some creative. A reciprocal roof is a beautiful and simple self supporting structure that can be composed of as few as three rafters and up to any imaginable quantity within reason of course.

My question is this. It took charlie a little over a year to build his home with a reciprocal roof and lime plastered straw bale walls. Non bearing walls will be out of cob on the south side and straw bale on the north side and the floor will be earthen. A home that only cost 3 500 euro.

I will build a building with a reciprocal roof structure with roundwood in central portugal. How exactly do i construct the foundations for this building. See more ideas about cob house natural building earth homes. I am becoming more and more enamored with the idea of a reciprocal roof for my own round cob straw bale home.

A collection of pictures from rubble trench to final straw bale roundhouse with reciprocal roof by matthew robin white. A straw bale roundhouse step by step. A reciprocal roof is type of roof where the individual rafters mutually support each other. All in all it cost charlie about 15 000 23 000.