Day 408: Panorama view

Day 126: Antique indian door

Is a front door the first clue to what mysteries the house beyond will contain…? At least it should be something authentic which inspires a smile.

Day 87: Concrete for foundations

Oh, what excitement. Every person on site spent the day rushing to get everything in place before the concrete trucks came at 03:30pm. The plastic layer of DPC was arranged in place. The steel reinforcement was bent, positioned and inspected by the engineer. And finally, the concrete was brought in and poured smoothly into place. It splashed everywhere. For a curious little architect it meant dirty jeans and a camera full of concrete spray.

Day 53: Excavation Movie

Day 52: We called in the big guns

Dear builder,

I will not go quietly into the night...

Love,

Rock

Day 45: Slow progress

Disappointingly, almost nothing has happened in the last 35 days. At least, nothing happened on site.

We went to Nepal to hike up to Everest Base Camp at 5364m above sea level. What an experience! But the most amazing thing is how sophisticated and detailed the construction methods are. With no road access and mechanical means the Nepali harvest all the building materials from the surrounding mountains. Skilled labor-intensive techniques are then used to shape the timber and stone to construct multi storey dwellings.

Currently we are waiting for a 24 ton pecker to remove some hard rock. Perhaps we can learn a thing or two about breaking rock from the mountain people.