Straw Bale Reciprocal Roof

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.

Straw bale reciprocal roof.

A home that only cost 3 500 euro. Sep 17 2016 explore kathy gaeddert s board straw bale construction followed by 385 people on pinterest. Here are some pictures of a beautiful double reciprocal roof i found. But i am also hungry to learn more about the physics strengths and weaknesses of these beautiful elegant yet simple roofs.

How exactly do i construct the foundations for this building. They originated in medieval japan but probably date back further and aspects of reciprocity can be found in the roofs of many early human settlements. It took charlie a little over a year to build his home with a reciprocal roof and lime plastered straw bale walls. See more ideas about cob house natural building earth homes.

Reciprocal roofs are generally found on round elliptical or polygonal buildings as the weight of. Charlie s home is designed from the natural resources available on the land using stone roundwood straw bales clay turf and lime. All in all it cost charlie about 15 000 23 000. A reciprocal roof is type of roof where the individual rafters mutually support each other.

A straw bale roundhouse step by step. I will build a building with a reciprocal roof structure with roundwood in central portugal. I am becoming more and more enamored with the idea of a reciprocal roof for my own round cob straw bale home. My question is this.