Engineered frame and clay dawbing. These kids are better civil engineers than most ofnthe adults where I live 😆
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This is the typical traditional construction technique in Mozambique. These kids have probably seen it many times and I would actually assume that this picture shows no play but rather instructed work to make a shelter for chicken or so.
Don't know anything about Mozambique traditional building techniques, but shouldn't there be straw embedded in the mud/clay? From the photo it doesn't seem like it.
The mud normally has some fine fiber mixed in it, but yeah it also surprised me a bit when I first saw it in person. The walls typically end up a bit thicker though covering the wood entirely.
I would actually assume that this picture shows no play but rather instructed work to make a shelter for chicken or so.
I mean, the kids are clearly enjoying themselves, and isn't the difference between play and work enjoyment? :p
I've been deeply fascinated learning about handmade hydroelectric dams lately.
The guy made it in a creek! With a bunch of scraps!
I endeavor to be as useful as people who know how to make things by hand from basic resources.
These are precisely the construction techniques used in Mayotte for traditional homes (not so much nowadays anymore). Roughly half the population immigrated from east Africa so not exactly surprising, but worth noting.
Traditionally, when growing up (teenage years) boys leave the family home and build themselves a banga, which is a small home made of a wooden frame (bamboo I think) covered in clay just like in the picture. My understanding is this is how teenagers first learn to live on their own. Upon marriage, they go live in their spouse's home, which -I think- is built by her family.
Дендро-фекальный метод, иногда самый эффективный
It might just be clay
Конечно глина, это просто у нас есть такое название для ветхого жилья