Architects Are Using Mud to Build Sustainable Homes

[@D0ubleSwipe]

Oh boy... Adobe isn’t gonna be too happy when they find out you can get their product for free...

[@aobes-711]

Yes

[@p1ll]

Nice one

[@SheepSlayer]

Clever girl

[@retrosad]

I mean... you can find an old copy of macromedia flash/fireworks/etc and adobe has product keys listed for them on their website... helpx.adobe.com/uk/x-productkb/policy-pricing/macromedia-legacy-activation-error.html

[@BeowulfAbroad]

Shut up and take my ‘like’

[@jameskniskern2261]

Straw bale home builder/owner here. The insulation value of straw bale buildings is amazing. I have very low cooling bill in summer, and no bill in winter for heating, as I use waste wood to heat my home. Often times cooking a meal in winter is plenty to keep the entire house warm. It is also passive solar design, so in summer is shaded, but in winter when the sun shines, we get plenty of free solar warming. We have clay plasters on the straw bales, and made many interior walls using several natural building techniques. Our home is a hybrid of natural materials (clay, sand, straw) and manufactured materials (metal roofing, glass windows, wall tiles in the bathroom, and poured concrete floors.) So much can be done, but isn't. It does take a special drive to accomplish what the architect has done, and yes, these sorts of homes can be built to the building codes in any region.

[@Cthulhu013]

Convert to solar for heating. Burning wood is destroying the world.

[@jameskniskern2261]

@@Cthulhu013 I use wood that is sustainably grown on my own land. I also make biochar in my wood stove as a bonus product. This sequesters carbon in the soil for hundreds of years. My wood stove is highly efficient, and has extremely low particulates emitted. I have done the research and am confident in my decisions to heat my home with wood.

[@jameskniskern2261]

@Bronski Turboski I absolutely used wood and modern roofing materials to keep the rain off of my mud walls. Have a great day.

[@Christinalight219]

Hi! I was wondering if you could tell me more information on your house. I am currently planning our home build. A few things I am wondering is where you built your house? how many sq feet your home ended up being and what the cost total ended up being.

[@jameskniskern2261]

@@Christinalight219 we are in Central Kentucky USA. 990 square feet inside, 2400 under roof. Wrap around porches. $129,000 was final cost.

[@Chidlhealt]

Civilization and the westernization has doomed us all. I am an african and we built like that but it was viewed as barbaric and now look at the consequences. We should never have changed our ways!!

[@whitneyshiphrah56]

I mean Africans built with many other materials like stone but I feel like we always go back to earthworks because our climate is conducive for that material.

[@shrekthebest9399]

@@whitneyshiphrah56 i feel like in England the rain would make a mud house into a mud slide plus it would probs be Robbie cause all you need is a good garden hose to make a hole in the wall

[@mr.guzwee7695]

@@shrekthebest9399 There are rains in Africa too but mud houses can withstand such downpour. You're forgetting that the mud will dry and become sun baked

[@magesalmanac6424]

In places like England houses were built with using “wattle and daub” mud but with plaster cover to make it more waterproof, plus a thatched roof overhang so water flows away from the wall

[@LICKMYNYNE]

I was gonna say the same

[@Chy-th3sj]

Me: Looks for a mud house in California California: The cheapest mud house here is $350,000

[@AmberWavesOfSane]

I live in South Florida. The price of the land you could build any type of house on in CA or FL is the hugest factor. Then the cost & troubles of building codes- you'd have to live way out in the swamps in FL or the high mountains of CA to get away with building this kind of dwelling.

[@deadeyeduncan5022]

@@AmberWavesOfSane Gonna be gone in about 1 hurricane anyway.

[@AmberWavesOfSane]

@@deadeyeduncan5022 No matter where you live, there will be hazards from Mother Nature. Nobody stops livin' their lives in Florida, Louisiana or Texas because of Hurricanes. Nobody stops living in California because of earthquakes- even tho that state is right on top of a volatile plate line. Latest I've read by geologists, the massive volcanic system under Yellowstone Park is due for a blow. While I'm all for humans trying to clean up the planet & spread much less pollution, there's not a damn thing any of us could do to prevent a volcanic blow at Yellowstone & the resulting "nuclear winter" environment after.

[@nidhalsormali3051]

Actually it's free. Just make it yourself!

[@arthurmaciel9893]

They can threat the volcano with nukes :7

[@ItchyKneeSon]

While working as a carpenter in Japan I put an addition on a house that was built around the year 1900. The wall that we opened up had a massive header beam from a 100-plus-year-old tree that held the sliding doors in place. Between the studs, the walls were supported by interlocked bamboo and the insulation was made of straw and mud.

[@deooptimomaximo9843]

thats awesome. was it well insulated?

[@laughingvampire7555]

it is called wattle and daub in Englis, Bahareque in Spanish.

[@jckdnls9292]

Yeah but not everyone wants to live in that..

[@ItchyKneeSon]

@@deooptimomaximo9843 Sorry for the delayed response... lol The insulation isn't ideal, to day the least. But the more comfortable we are, the less resilient we are.

[@deooptimomaximo9843]

@@ItchyKneeSon yeah fair point. Thanks for the response

[@rolandotokes8531]

I wish my grandpa had a vice segment about how he built his house with mud and other things

[@arthurmaciel9893]

Same :v

[@Juuk-D]

Why don't you just ask him if he is up for it? And send a email to vice?

[@CoyHere]

Editer: "Siri, Read my intro" "Nice"

[@DiscountEscape]

Nice.

[@wn1952]

Nice.

[@vinmilesfewpics]

Nice

[@El16100]

*Nice*

[@sophiadraco8427]

*_n i c e_*

[@jacecaldwell]

They picked the right reporter for this.

[@jaimedelgado7529]

lol my comment got erased.

[@tylery6352]

@@jaimedelgado7529 what did you say

[@paogene1288]

@@tylery6352 what did he say?

[@despicablejay8923]

@@paogene1288 😂😂😂

[@ffxfighter9361]

@@paogene1288 what did he say that he said? Also this reporter should host every vice from here on out 🤣

[@johnloro7810]

In South Sudan we been doing this mud house for a while, I mean the whole of African thou

[@pranavschandran9037]

India also

[@Sp1n1985]

"South" Sudan? Wtf is that?

[@Paul__Allen]

@@Sp1n1985 look at a recent map....

[@Sp1n1985]

@@Paul__Allen when the hell did that happen?

[@CRXW.]

Marcus INfinity there’s a documentary somewhere on KZbin about it

[@matts8791]

I love how sustainability is "inventing" techniques used for thousands of years by now.

[@harmanjediwarlord8984]

I'm from india, we had houses like these like 40 years ago and everyone lived in them and were happy and now we are MODERN AND CIVILISED and depressed and stuck in shitty jobs

[@noobblet1996]

thanks to white folks, listen to sadhguru people !

[@DenaStrawberry]

George-Davidson blame white?? Who is ruling india now? Who is trashing the streets and shitting on the beach?? Brah

[@bubblez6539]

I would rather live in a home with a solid reinforced concrete foundation, wood and sheetrock walls, with a roof, than a cube of dried mud with some grass on the roof. And there isnt really such thing as being "stuck in a job." Peoole that think this way have no self esteem or drive to actually strive for what they wish to achieve. Instead you ACT depressed hoping for people to feel bad for you.

[@NitinYadav-wi9vo]

Why don't you go back to living in those mud houses edge lord. There are still ppl living in such houses without electricity , they will be happy to switch with you

[@cjo4210]

Yeah-because Europeans gaslight other cultures into thinking they need to be like them and that's why our earth is dying and everyone is miserable.

[@MultiFreakface]

"Buildings are responsible for 40% of greenhouse gas emissions" is so vague that it ignores what ACTUALLY causes the emissions. Its not the make up of the buildings, its the internal operations. Houses have emissions due to the daily activities of the people within it. I'd argue an uninhabited brick house has no emissions, simply a longer lasting footprint, which ultimately could be very small. A mud house with electricity, gas, and water would also have emissions, while also being less maintainable, strong, and worse at overall heat retention. Its not a terrible idea in warm climate areas. Then it brings up a whole other issue of soil composition. It doesnt seem widely applicable enough to have any impact. Plus the lack or diminishing of a chain of labour would be disastrous for the economy. Good idea, but I dont think its got any legs.

[@jcarry5214]

No, a brick house does not have a small footprint. Brick, mortar, and concrete are extremely carbon and water intensive to produce. Nevermind the wood or steel used to reinforce them, the fuel used to transport them hundreds or thousands of miles and erect/pour them. One foundation has to have limestone baked in a kiln, rocks crushed into substrate by giant diesel machines, and another giant machine mixes them and has to drive to the site on roads whose pavement is made the same way and degrades rapidly under the weight of the cement passing over it.

[@Sp1n1985]

@@jcarry5214 sounds like skillful jobs

[@josketobben]

@MultiFreakface Agreed. But a chain of labour disappearing isn't disastrous in the context of ecology. If ecology wouldn't be outweighing economy we wouldn't be having this discussion in the first place. We need to somehow get rid of this mindset, and set of laws, that non-essential labour is anything but occupational therapy. That's been the positive side of covid incidentally, the diminishment of non-essential labour has been buying us a tiny bit more time.

[@taeheekim8314]

@@jcarry5214 it doesn't refute the fact that activities are what emit the greenhouse gases... It's also factually incorrect, google tells me 1/3 of all greenhouse gases emitted in US are from buildings which is more than any other sector of the economy (which means its ONLY building the buildings) but they don't produce MOST of the greenhouse gases.

[@robsylian]

Marcus INfinity All automated.

[@g.d.12]

Africa, India, South America and Native Americans have been doing this for ages. I am happy the rest of civilization is catching-up🎉

[@kay6096]

Who's watching from parts of Africa and South Asia and going, Europeans rediscovering mud houses- We've been doing this.

[@dulisha]

I get your point but this is within Serbia, Balkan. If you look through history we have been building houses like these for millennia, No idea though why VICE decided to start marketing it now lol it is not as if we just found out how to do this lol

[@julianshepherd2038]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattle_and_daub

[@elphantasimo]

Facts

[@leo.vav-]

yea they’re trying to paint themselves like heroes here for something that u guys been doing for so long, its still great that they’re changing though.

[@rejvaik00]

There's no "rediscovery" The US already has had an industry that mass produces hundreds of thousands of Adobe bricks for constructing purposes, they've had it for years in fact. Just not many homeowners choose to make their homes from it

[@alearner9213]

Seriously??? I am now more proud of ancient Indian civilization and culture, their wisdom about life and compassion for mother earth. Now you understand why they worship everything like soil, rivers,plants,animals,hills,sun,moon,mountains anything. They actually know the importance of living in harmony with the nature.

[@jimmyneutron8702]

Just like the natives in the Americas, especially in the southern parts and the Sonoran desert

[@Ibaaz33]

You don't need to worship the earths elements. You can be grateful for them.

[@alearner9213]

@@jimmyneutron8702 agree 🙏

[@alearner9213]

@@Ibaaz33 then just be Grateful... But unfortunately a religion causes hurdles in this way.

[@ninibugg6203]

Same thing with Africa

[@fergalfarrelly8545]

I'd never get a permit to build with any of those materials. All materials must be CSA aproved and built to national building codes. Natural materials don't have a manufacturers certification.

[@stef_-dx5dp]

And you've just discovered the beautiful world of lobbying my friend ...

[@xxheartbrokexx100]

Ant • like ants?

[@isabellasorensen8128]

@@TubeMeisterJCthat is some wild cartoon fantasy you got there - you confuse earth houses with sand castles and flammable paper at the same time. Earth/soil is one of the most fire resistant materials on the planet, how exactly will rammed earth burn down quickly? You confuse it with modern houses full of plastic, chip board, electronics, plastic encased wires, plastic paints, installations and piping, plastic framed windows and carpeting together with poor electrics, gas pipes and shitty ventilation - all that turns modern buildings into torches, like that Greenwell house in the UK. How will damp ever be a problem when rammed earth houses are breathable and properly insulated? Modern brick and concrete houses are so poorly built they get water damage, fungus and mold from rain collecting on badly built rooftops and water emissions from humans, bathrooms and kitchens caught inside in shitty ventilation. And all these earth houses in the video are literally built upon sturdy wood frames, with proper roofing on top. And the lady in the start makes sturdy cob bricks that are water resistant after just drying in the sun. How is a flood supposed to collapse these houses and kill everyone inside? These are NOT sand castles on the beach. You are blind and hilariously ignorant

[@Cthulhu013]

@@TubeMeisterJC Um, no. If the bricks are fired, they don't wash away. The roof can certainly burn but if the walls are white washed, it's going to be a bit more difficult for the walls to burn. And the daubed walls are STRONG. There are still buildings in England standing many hundreds of years old with the original daub still intact and protecting the dwelling. Oldest is something like 600 years! So no, it's not going to be so easy to kick the walls in. You do not understand the material, clearly. Even modern style buildings begin to severely decay after just half a century.

[@Cthulhu013]

@@TubeMeisterJC Yes and wood frame is inferior to concrete block in the modern day, and yet we still make wood frame buildings, so what is your point? Because I think you are missing the point of making these buildings today. They are capable of longevity with old standards and they are more affordable and more green than modern standards. If we combine this old technology with newer building ideas, they can be even better whilst still remaining more green than modern builds. If for example we want to solve the homeless problem or help people climb out of poverty, these sorts of homes are ideal for doing that.

[@youtubemenace]

Fancy architects: Mud houses and bricks . Indian Village peasants: lol!

[@MP-pw1yo]

I guess we were the masterminds all along.

[@felixromano3091]

Right reminds me of when my white friends took me Apple 🍎 picking when my relatives found out from Facebook they said yea we did that too when we started of how much did they pay you? Me -no I paid 3 dollars per pound I collected Them - wtf what ?

[@youtubemenace]

@@MP-pw1yo this is one of the oldest house building techniques in humid regions all over the world.

[@amilaindunil646]

😂😂

[@shadow-_-king444]

well it also depends what other amenities you have

[@amadou1903]

As an African, this s** hurts ☹️- we were considered primitive or uncivilized for having mud huts... my grandmother did everything shown in this video without an “architecture” degree....is eco-colonialisme a thing? Cuz this s** feels like it 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Dongerino.]

Yeah, these Mudhuts are really climate friendly, also they have a life expectancy of 30 years, in comparison a "normal" House has over 100, they are prone to collapse and bury you under all the mud and straw, which is even more climate friendly since you wont be producing any more pesky CO2. Any dont even try to build a multiple story house like that or any house near any water. Also forget building a cellar. There are reasons that most of humanity builds houses out of bricks or concrete if they can afford it.

[@JoeGatz1]

Vice will do anything to reject Western conventions or technology.

[@mjstecyk]

citation needed? If you build a poor quality house and don't maintain it, it will eventually collapse no matter what building material is used. Bricks and concrete (and also steel for that matter) are also vulnerable to water damage, it's literally one of the most common ways that those materials fail. With proper shoring and supports, you could build a earthen house with a cellar or a 2nd floor if local conditions allow, especially if you were "allowed" to use some wood and stone materials too. If you have access to lime or mortar, you could for sure do it.

[@cyberworld9000]

Actually 30% of the worlds population lives like this right now.The reason most use other building methods, is simply because they won’t allow natural building techniques. You can be literally in the middle of nowhere and in the US you’ll still run into building regulation issues. They really don’t want people living cheaply and freely and having cost effective natural building materials, hurts that web of control.

[@eliassanchez420wakenbake]

I can also write a book about the downside of these shitbox huts

[@stalinsmum6475]

Well we built millions of these houses in serbia, some are standing on top of rivers, most of them are very near rivers and they last for century, my greatgrandfather had one of these and nothing collapsed on his head

[@nauticdixons]

And Africans were called uncivilized for doing just this centuries ago. Can you imagine how far advanced this "technology" would have emerged if it was left to be instead of demonizing it?

[@laughingvampire7555]

it is really laughable how americans and europeans are rediscovering these methods while the rest of the world haven't forgotten about them and still use it to this day

[@GravityBunk]

We in India have similar homes built until 20 years ago, they carry every kind of hazard, if it rains some parts washaway, the grass roofing leaks, roots, snakes nest in them, rats nest in them and a few more, they are a great fire hazard, one stray match and you can watch your home go up in flames, in event of an earthquake it ain't gonna survive. And pretty easy to break in with today's tools.

[@CloudsMediaG]

Then you are not making mud houses the right way. When mixing mud with water, it shud be done for long time with proper mixer machine. There are more than 1000 years old mud house in Afghanistan and 10 story mud buildings in Yamen. Make it the right way. Mix lime stone in the mix.. rates, insects all stay away

[@kevinkramer4310]

easy to break in using today tools? Have you heard about lockpicking?

[@paogene1288]

@@kevinkramer4310 I think what mr.@GravityBunk is saying is less of precise lockpicking instruments and more of a f*cking sledgehammer, or a really heavy rock.

[@83N74M1N]

It would be so nice, if VICE would write the names of their series in the KZbin titles

[@bluefootedboobie1893]

they posted this as new today lol season 1 episode 25 of "vice world news" on snapchat

[@nocturne8170]

It depends on the location and structural codes. As a civil engineer which is inclined with the structural stability of a building, homes build from bricks are very prone to flexure failure because bricks are only good for compression. If you build that in the Philippines, it will easily be dismantled by a Typhoon. Bricks are only good as an Architectural part of the building like walls, wall bricks, or floor tiles, if you will use this as a structural member therefore it is hazardous.

[@jake.presents]

Phillipines is in the tropics so they'd probably use bamboo for structural support. In any case, best to see what the indigenous have been building with, because they've been there 1000's of years and the locals know which raw materials are available and how to combine them.

[@felixf4378]

First world countries: Maybe we should start living in mud houses so we don't destroy the planet. Third world countries: *Facepalm, You think?

[@sarastojakovic1484]

Serbia is not a first world country we are third world

[@felixf4378]

I understand, but compared to the countries where mud houses are common. Serbia is better developed.

[@angeloxyronne]

@@sarastojakovic1484 Serbia is cloer to first world country

[@aDriveAway]

this idea of abandoning "traditional" homes and living in mud houses is just an idea for us poor people to adopt, while the wealthy elite continue on living in their multi million dollar estates

[@Father_Brother_Son]

You’re really liking that electricity and internet, though. Aren’t you? How much carbon did you produce making this stupid little comment to which I’m responding?

[@petergriffinvaiphei9280]

They act as if they invented these kind of houses built with mud bricks, while we have been living in houses built like this for generations.

[@100musicplaylists3]

There are thousands of homes made of clay and straw (cob) in the uk some with walls 1m thick. They are still standing after 500+ years.

[@robbob1492]

There’s different bio construction techniques, but straw bale with adobe or earthen plaster is a cheap, sustainable, and highly insulating. A straw bale home can be erected anywhere and it’s very cheap. It doesn’t need much earth to cover it as well, so it’s adequate for urban and non-urban environments. The R value of straw bales is very high, and the fire resistance is extremely high with an earthen plaster on it. It is also structural. There are different very important aspects to consider when building a home. Reactive homes need to be implemented. A reactive home has key components. Orientation, amount and placement of windows, eaves, and certain aspects of the foundation are key to create a very efficient and effective home.

[@FreshKicks4545]

Last year I went to Mexico, crazy how they still make home like that. Can't really tell the difference.

[@birrysund3269]

We couldn't build mudbrick house near River in the UK, that would be disastrous....

[@Ivo3963]

I bet the Germans could do it tho

[@mrsleakyshit]

You’d have to be very brave to live in a mud brick house in a country constantly ravaged by extreme weather and natural disasters like Japan. Even reinforced houses already crumble with typhoons and earthquakes.

[@W..949]

@Chungus Britain is literally the most innovative country to ever exist🤔

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

@@mrsleakyshit concrete is mud. So no

[@andyt3364]

Archibald Maule Ramsay no Dubai is

[@troypropes1182]

This is exactly what is needed to solve the housing crisis. We need to designate resources so that people can build their own houses on public land or “shared land”. The house is built out of nothing but natural materials so there is no waste after it’s gone and can be built in extensions as needed. Extremely durable, affordable, do-able with some education and practice and help. This combined with a community food forest is the basic structure of future cities. Simple and efficient with technology where needed. Solar panels, windmills, bike paths, community jobs, etc. it’s just what needs to happen for the sake of the planet. We all need to live healthier, simpler and closer to the earth which we will all be apart of again.

[@troypropes1182]

David Jackson alright quick to labels and quick to name calling. These houses are beautiful, efficient and can be adjusted in size depending on family. Can be built in just a few months by a family or group of friends. Best thing about it is it eliminates homelessness and saves the environment at a very low cost. What’s so “Marxist” about that?

[@troypropes1182]

David Jackson I think it’s gullible to believe that the only way to have a house in America is by getting people to build a house and paying them less than what it takes to actually own one🤷🏽‍♂️

[@asian6oy]

"Inside The Community Made Of Mud" severely confused me lol the new title is better

[@ovaismir6618]

Sand, steel, concrete are also "natural" materials

[@sightam77]

Some of these materials are natural to a point, but it’s the process to obtain, manufacture and transport them that is very harmful to our planet. It’s important to research how materials are sourced, were they are sourced, how they are manufactured and how they are transported to site... these are all very important factors in understanding whether a material is / can actually be sustainable / green or not.

[@AstradTheCynic]

I agree you start with natural ingredients but this completely ignores the impact of the process to get them to be refined products.

[@nellieken]

Love how clay and earth has been rebranded as sustainable and ecofriendly but when Africans were doing it, it was barbaric and savage.

[@Bonsubeats]

Very funny 😄 when People of Africa know this System of building houses long time ago and the West tells you otherwise.!!! Crazy

[@OuterHeaven210]

I came to see the girl with her hands on the wall

[@karlomoharic3992]

1. We already use regular hollow bricks to build houses here in europe 2. Wood is better building material then bricks or mud 3.Dry mud doesn't go well with rain 4.Greenhouse gases are not emitted by houses themselfs , but rather by power plants that supply electricity

[@jessicag630]

Those mud bricks are sun dried and not fired. Once the rainwater reaches several centimeters, don't they concern about the lower part of the house starting to crumble?

[@vukasin2323]

I like what they are doing,but we didn't move on from those houses for no reason,if they are so good we wouldn't have change them for the modern ones.I am from Serbia and I have a small house like that in the village and my grand grandparents made a modern house,they wouldn't have built it if it didn't have benefits compared to the mud house.So we don't use them for a reason.

[@pfw4568]

@Ghai You have no idea what you are talking about. Yeah those big corporations which told our ancestors thousands of years ago to move on from mud are definitly real. You can live in your dirt, but i will not. Thank you

[@vukasin2323]

@Ghai Have you even been in a house like that?It is not like you home clean and colourful it is just dark,dusty and miserable I mean it is liveable but not nice for sure so that is why people moved out of them

[@jonbikaku6133]

Been doing this in India since beginning of time. Weird how most of us now want to be 'westernized' while the west is realising how efficient the traditional ways are

[@JaCkalgames88]

You know that bricks are technically made from earth too?

[@AmberWavesOfSane]

This is fantastic. I have studied earth-built medieval European dwellings, the traditional wattle-and-daub, but this style seems to be made of adobe bricks and cutting out the ingredient of animal poo in the daub- definitely a bonus! While air-conditioning seems to be an issue, I think if the houses were built angled to catch prevailing breezes, that would be helpful.

[@eastcoasteric]

Heres a bit of advice...typically when we invent things, it's to improve on an original idea - or create something new to solve a previous problem. We started transitioning from mud houses many many years ago for a reason, and there is a reason why we haven't 'improved upon' the idea of them either. These things aren't meant to be long term housing solutions - nor are they meant to withstand major weather conditions (at least without being a major hassle) nor insects/rodents, etc. Finally, they don't support modern electrical/plumbing and heating in a friendly manner. Yet alone the 'slanting' over time that occurs due to natural settling. Why is this important 'news'? No idea. But hey, i've got an idea...lets go back to using outhouses while we're at it! I wouldn't mind having to scrape me and my families poo from the bottom of a hole every month! Sounds like fun!

[@replynotificationsdisabled]

@@wiseupfixit7552 these people don't know concrete starts from mud.

[@MrChrismasuimi]

What you say actually makes sense but what it doesn't do is pay for stockholders. Houses built today are not better built. They are built faster. They are built quickly and cheaply and with as much profit as possible in mind. With tonnes of waste created.

[@MrChrismasuimi]

I helped build Cobb homes from "mud" it was more energy efficient less wasteful and beautiful.

[@mikeaskme3530]

@Eric D, "We started transitioning from mud houses many many years ago for a reason, and there is a reason why we haven't 'improved upon' the idea of them either." you are correct and that reason was all for money, it cannot be denied that before European conquest and the stealing of natural resources from outside of Europe, most of the homes built in Europe for peasants was a sort of earthen homes (cobb) homes.

[@slyd693]

@@MrChrismasuimi 😂😭😂😭

[@mr.guzwee7695]

So Africans are not the only ones that built with mud. So why is African architecture looked upon with such contempt??

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Wait, it's all Earth? Vojvodina: *Always has been*

[@sankardas705]

Indian villagers using clay house from last 10000 years . Westrn country said we are poor that why make clay house. Seen the realty.

[@mickythreee4640]

Hempcrete for the outside wall for insulative effect, mudbrick/cob on the inside for thermal mass....perfect for any climate!

[@coconuts5500]

Reject modernization embrace tradition

[@raxx6248]

I want to make a community for homelessness in my area like this. Someone tell me how in the world to get this done. Its amazing. I thought about bottle homes previously. this sounds more sufficient in all aspects and areas. I would like to see how combining the two would work out as well.

[@HeavyHandHenry]

Are there going to be any safe places where I can put my needle in my arm? If not you may be the only one in your mud community.

[@raxx6248]

@Henry, I dont look at you and see visible signs of shooting up. Who am I to guess though. Yeah you'd probably be safe and warm inside of your mud house. I cant help the fact that there are addicts. Being an ex user myself however, I do know these people still need a place to live and help and support they may not be able to get anywhere else. If they are willing to help come and build a mud house than I would see them fit enough to be willing to live in and take care of one as well. Just because they have a drug problem doesn't mean they need to be homeless.

[@4057hofft]

Make the homeless build it

[@xMrjamjam]

@@4057hofft only if they get to own all rights to it afterwards. Not too keen on slave labour where they get it snatched away from them once its built by companies or the corrupt governments

[@cyberworld9000]

The government will never allow for it. They don’t want solutions to a housing problem that’s self created thru over regulation. Homelessness is a feature not a design flaw. Sadly.

[@crystalsplace7163]

Funny how it’s cool to live in a mud hut now. Happened to “ew….you live in a mud hut” when it was POC living in Africa, Mexico and India. Now it’s “wow I’m being eco friendly.” Nope! Keep the same energy of ewww it’s a mud hut.

[@drhank33y]

2:34 "So you just leave it for 3-4 days and in one week it's dry." .. wait so do I leave it for 3 days or for 1 week?? lol

[@alekspapez]

3-4 days in the sun, 1 week of total drying :)

[@Sandeeprudram]

3 days and 4 days make one week

[@olegmindrescu2127]

3-4 days to dry on one side after you flip it and let dry the other half...i used to do that in my childhood

[@Rien--]

in the average lifetime a person will breath in about 44 pounds of dust

[@DeandreSteven]

Most of dust is skin flakes

[@stalinsmum6475]

this houses have better air inside than outside, no dust whatsoever, even the mud floors make no dust

[@Rien--]

@@DeandreSteven very correct sir

[@_Atzin]

@@DeandreSteven Apparently not, kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJ-YfmdugruKr8k

[@wanabifotografer9430]

Reporter: "Its actually a lovely feeling to know that you can make a brick" Poor peasants who are forced to make bricks at pennies a day because that's the only job they can get in order to pay their debts that have been forced on them and keep them in a state of bondage to the land and debtor: "seriously?" Its interesting how we in the west see this as a cool thing to do and like a novelty. Meanwhile the rest of the world see it differently.

[@zacharyfraser5490]

Naive innocence. Like playing pretend war

[@Max-ns8lc]

Some just make cinder blocks wdym. It’s more durable

[@lowcalsnack]

It is actually nice to know you can build with materials from the earth and construct your own home. Stop sniping people's language and pivoting with woke anecdotes to try and elicit unnecessary judgment. Natural earth building is a sustainability practice, and a home can last hundreds of years all the while having to dish out very little money. Also, you're not the spokesperson for "the rest of the world."

[@zuffin1864]

I was thinking in my head "try and get starving people to make mud bricks when they don't have to and see how they respond"

[@mikelinux9239]

I grew up in the similar house. It was the very best experience. Considering air quality, it was way better than now, since I moved to a flat.

[@starlightmckennah5241]

Why and how is air quality better I struggle with breathing

[@vagenaut69]

Glad to see you guys can still go out and interview, on location, hands on.

[@sc0tte1-416]

The reporter is a hottie. I'd be cool with one of these houses.

[@ricbradley5323]

No kidding

[@sovnarkomist]

Simp

[@sc0tte1-416]

@Not So Regular I hate when those fkkers do that. What bs.

[@stonitangawizi1252]

The white man called us uncivilized not too long ago. *Laughs in African* 😂😂 [Edit] Oouuuweee!! I see this comment struck some nerves. Praise the ancestors!! 😁😁

[@mrsapplez2007]

FACTS 😂😂😂😂

[@kuchiskali4160]

foreal🤣

[@TheFreshSpam]

@@mrsapplez2007 Facts? Africa is the most deprived area on the planet, you know you are scraping low when you celebrate a mud hut as an achievement

[@rubaiyatdunno482]

@@TheFreshSpam yeah but Africa is industrialising fast yet the west is shifting towards these "primitive" and "uncivilised" forms of infrastructure lmao

[@fefemyluv]

TheFreshSpam most deprived of what???

[@S1337P]

I have lived in Vojvodina for 10 years and I haven’t realized the houses are built this way...

[@stalinsmum6475]

ni ja XD

[@stalinsmum6475]

A živim u Sremu od rodjenja XD

[@andymartinez8662]

I feel in love with this reporter wow

[@arandom1024]

Back off, she's mine.

[@MildMisanthropeMaybeMassive]

It’s good that you’re all after her. That means less competition for my pursuit of Isobel Yeung.

[@markigulu7993]

👍😎Africa has always been ahead of the game

[@alberworld6579]

Sure, bring your mud houses to our fine eco-system in Puerto Rico, lets see how they stand on Hurricane season! Thank you but no thank you!

[@xMrjamjam]

Doesn't cost anything to repair other than time. Mud houses can last literally thousands of years with ease but wood only a few hundred as for brick and concrete again only maybe a hundred or so as concrete needs maintenance. Dirt doesn't as its totally breathable. Once it rains and the mud dries out it becomes stronger and holds itself together even better than before.

[@Mr3344555]

Try building one of your puerto rican homes in Subsaharan africa, let's see if it won't get stripped/sand blasted and sand over runs your home

[@xMrjamjam]

@@Mr3344555 again nothing a bit of dirt and water can't fix, repairs cost nothing but your time

[@thelasttaino4299]

It's obviously not for all locations. But in locations where it is feasible to build using alternative materials it would be best to do so.

[@charmaine7700]

@@Mr3344555 Where in Sub Saharan Africa? The deserts, the grasslands, rocky areas, the costal areas, jungles? Stop talking about stuff you don't know about.

[@RohanBankar-b4z]

I have still Using this type of house & use local sources Eco material from Ancient times

[@jeremyagosto-santana5280]

If we have been building homes from mud for millennials, we must ask ourselves why we chose to build with different materials🔍

[@cyberworld9000]

Building regulation and death grips of industries making sure natural building laws never take place.

[@W..949]

Because they aren’t safe or made for long term living or able to withstand bad weather conditions? Also there isn’t enough room for them, most people live in citiies, there is a reason we build upwards now. Kind of hard to build a multi-storey building from mud.

[@jeremyagosto-santana5280]

Exactly. We have to truly think if this video is realistic for the 21st century.

[@W..949]

@@jeremyagosto-santana5280 we don’t even really need to think about it lmao, the answer is simply “no”.

[@jeremyagosto-santana5280]

Lmao. Then tell that to the people who-some of which are the people who made this video-why their idea is flawed; therefore, I do think we need to think about it. Also, to not think is to not learn. Don’t be arrogant now, I assume you are very close minded and think you know it all.

[@beegum1]

It's my understanding that, as a rule, and to meet standards, cement is almost always added. But, remember, durability has a certain kind of sustainability to it as well.

[@Wakkks]

So this is what happens when you let architects build without engineers lmao. Contrary to what she said in the video, mud is very permeable compared to concrete so expect water infiltration (especially Sun dried mud bricks, there's a reason why she didn't mention "cooked" bricks because it would mean people would have to burn an immense amount of fuel to make them which doesn't fit her narrative). Cracks will form in the structure in no time, insects and water will make their way through and u will spend ur whole time patching ur house (if you have a job its not great). That straw roof is a very poor insulator, so if you live in an even mildly cold climate ur gonna pollute much more trying to heat your house than anything else. That's without mentioning the huge fire hazard and the fact ur roof will blow off if strong winds happen. The mud structure cannot be reinforced with steel making is very weak to all tensile loads. There are many reasons we don't live in mud huts anymore I could keep going on and on. You hippies are funny

[@cyberworld9000]

30% of the worlds population lives in earth bag housing. It’s only the places with extreme over regulation like the states where it’s not common. And earth made houses are some of the oldest standing building in all of Europe. Look up earth bag construction counters ever issue you’ve brought forward. Stop pretending like having alternatives to building monopolies, “is just funny hippies”, and doesn’t benefit everyone.

[@Wakkks]

​@@cyberworld9000 Most of the 30% also live in poverty, they have no safety or building standards. They could give 2 shits if a building collapses, catches fire or what happens in case of an earthquake. They also don't care about energy efficiency or lifespan of a home. I can guarantee not one person checked what forces are being applied on the structure. The video doesnt show earthbag homes but if u want to talk about them, the ones I saw that were actually engineered are all 1 storey houses, im assuming for structural reasons. Imagine 7.8 billion people in all different climates and geological conditions living in one storey mud homes. Imagine the amount of space we would take up.

[@joshbates111]

What would you say would be a good alternative to a wood or concrete house?

[@Wakkks]

Joshua Bates Wood is actually extremely sustainable contrary to what people believe. If we properly manage our forrests we can build with wood forever. The deforestation that is happening in some parts of the world is not for making building material, its for food production. Steel also is a great replacement, very durable, readily available, easy to assemble and safe. Check out BONE structure if u live in Canada they make great steel houses As for concrete, nothing competes with its strength and durability for now, what we can do is produce carbon neutral concrete which is already being worked on. Theres also hempcrete being spoken about alot. Hemp fibers also make great insulation material. If ure trying to build mega structures, theres not much that compete with concrete and steel as of now. What we can do is make them carbon neutral

[@mjstecyk]

@@Wakkks Serbia has a mild climate in general and the local climate probably supports this kind of home otherwise people wouldn't do it. The architect is basically using the a lot of those buildings in the video as proof of concept and/or built for training people so they aren't really made as permanent homes, while the second half of the video is described as a "archeological park" - meaning they are supposed to be old and simple. I thought her personal home was beautiful. Literally no one is saying we should stop building tall buildings but we have to acknowledge that concrete manufacturing is really bad for the environment. Using earthen building techniques would be at least worth looking at from a technical viewpoint to see if it's viable in some cases. It'd probably never be useful for building in large cities but it could be useful in rural areas. Rammed earth structures in particular have some well developed engineering supporting it and could be incorporated into modern building standards which would at least reduce the amount of raw materials needed and vastly increase the heat-mass of a structure to help regulate the temperature. There is also a cultural reason to explore it because literally everyone's ancestors lived in earthen structures at some point in our collective history.

[@tanushmy]

*In this 21st century i am still living in a house made of mud bamboo and straw and i am proud of it*

[@koffinkat666]

Rich White settlers still own much of the land including hundreds of square miles of potential space for homes and don't get me started on the National Forests. Private property is owned by only a small percent of the population. By the very fact of being born on this planet we should be given a swath of land and NOTHING should have an infinite value such as rentals! Nobody can have a home base in which they own and can feel safe unless they are privileged or just extremely lucky.

[@moribell1083]

You say we rate things for being born, can’t say I agree.

[@koffinkat666]

@its yaboii Did you know that all humans on earth could fit shoulder to shoulder front to back in Los Angeles county? I think as long as we have a more intellectual approach to reproducing we could manage it.

[@koffinkat666]

@@moribell1083 The comment you typed was a typo I think but I know what you mean. So in my view we are Animals (Hominids) riding this giant rock called space ship earth through an infinite vacuum with trillions of stars and planets and we are in fact born on this big blue and green ball, We by rights need a place to stay on this massive planet.....Why should it be we cannot claim a spot to live for our measly 100 years if lucky? I guess I see the word differently than alot of people but doesn't that sound sensible?

[@moribell1083]

@@koffinkat666 I don't think anyone is born with the ability to rate anything, we earn it somehow. You are born with a right to earn anything, including land.

[@Sp1n1985]

@@koffinkat666 eugenics?

[@doubleu207]

Guys just visit Nepal..you can find this types of houses are built and people are living from many decades

[@africa_economic_liberation]

The way Europe brands African architecture as backwards and then go behind and adapt it, improve to be fair and 😂😂

[@gonzodelphiki2083]

There is a simple reason why this type of building is not mass produced. From a purely structural standpoint, the lifespan of a mud house is about 1/4 that of even a poorly built house with "first world" regulations. Also, you won't find many of these mud houses with a safe second floor, let alone a true multi-story building safe for human habitation. Humans have been studying engineering for tens of thousands of years. Technology plays a huge role in structural engineering. If this was a truly feasible option for major development, well trained engineers would be doing it everywhere. I'm not saying that there are zero positive attributes to these mud structures, but I am saying that our understanding of structural engineering and architecture in 2020 is based on hundreds (if not thousands) of years of research. If these structures made financial sense in an urban area, and were safe at scale, they'd be made everywhere already. The host is cute AF tho! EDIT TO ADD- Petrovic is a name derived from Petra, meaning Rock or Rock solid. So the surname/last name Petrovic essentially means rock solid... A strangely apropos name of a host talking about building from earthen materials

[@bsathya4]

My maternal grandfather's mud house is about 100 years old and still standing. It needs a different kind of maintenance, but I will stand. You are right about the multistorey though...

[@petergambier]

Thanks for posting this up Vice, such great looking homes, architect Dragana's done great things here. I work in lime mortars & plasters and live in a 300 year old cob home, so they can last well.

[@iLOLZU42]

I'm not sure that this would be useful in weather extreme areas (hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, etc.), but for more safe areas, this seems revolutionary...

[@isabellasorensen8128]

This is all in Serbia, with Balkan, Greece and Turkey being one of the most earthquake plagued areas in the world (where the African and Eurasian tectonic plates meet), with some extreme weather on top (drought summers and floody rain). These houses are not sandcastles on the beach, they are sturdy and built on sturdy wood frames. And how are regular brick and concrete houses doing any better in these earthquake areas?

[@pushing2throttles]

I think I want to build an eco-friendly house. This is genius!

[@Edgun99a]

@David Jackson WoW you needed to comment on this guys comment because your life is so miserable or more likely moronic.

[@jayrjadhav3878]

My grandparents build theirs in the same way , and they still live in it

[@deanstephens5940]

Outstanding work! The world needs more people like y'all.

[@deuscoromat742]

Actually, I think the whole point of civilization is that the world needs less people living in mud huts;)

[@arimax888]

"A group focused on reviving these old techniques" wait who said they were not in use today?!!! This is how most people in Africa build their houses. If she did her research it would've been nice to discuss the similar techniques used in different areas to build using mud

[@somila2253]

Old techniques by Serbian standard. You know,the place this was filmed in. And yeah,they are not in use today in this part of the world. It's common here for people living in villages to have one small,old mud house,and a way bigger one made with modern stuff. When a mud house suffers any damage, it's repaired by modern matherials,or not at all.

[@cutiedaij4501]

I feel like this wouldn’t do so well in Florida 😅

[@cyberworld9000]

Earth building techniques are possible in all weather conditions and environments. 30% of the worlds population lives just fine in earth homes. If you curious to how it works I’d look up earthbag construction.

[@kcgfy81]

Nothing survives Florida Man

[@invincible893]

Very common in india.......One of the best traditional methods....

[@marcowu1904]

This sounds like a sustainable solution.

[@vita171]

It’ll definitely be a nightmare for those who suffer from serious allergies 🤧

[@wayz15k16]

THAT WILL BE VERY COLD ,THIS HOUSE SHOULD BE IN HOT PLACE LIKE AFRICA AND SPAIN

[@BlackBellyDanceCandy]

Depends on the area but I love it!

[@AuthorSamLui]

My dad grew up post WW2 after they invaded and took everything his family had in China. He did work like this and made bricks from mud to earn money to feed his siblings.

[@Cain0078]

Dear VICE. Please have ALL of your employees move to mud huts and report on their new lives.

[@noziphotshabalala5018]

Nobody is saying we should all live in mud huts lol. But looking back at how indigenous people lived and their ways of life we could learn a few things and implement them on how we can live sustainablly without destroying the enviroment.

[@brandnewnation]

longest lived in building in the U>S is an Adobe. Lived in for thousands of years. Now the longest a foundation can last is 100 yrs. using concrete

[@AbrahamLincoln4]

The environmentalists are definitely gonna love this.

[@shadcovert1160]

Where do I find this "ert"? I'd like to make a house of mud too.

[@OuterHeaven210]

Da ganja come from de ert

[@cyberworld9000]

Google earth bag construction or cob construction

[@stalinsmum6475]

those are houses made of mud or dirt or as we call them in Serbia blatnjare

[@selfinprogress2515]

Bohol Philippines just got hit by a typhoon signal #5 and a lot of houses lose its roof and also a lot of people are now homeless,hope this type pf houses can withstand strong typhoons or earthquakes

[@Racing_Rog]

The host got tan nd looking hot...hot climate made her tan

[@11Cent]

you should go outside more

[@kalebsimanjuntak4467]

@@11Cent lollllll epic

[@Racing_Rog]

No we r already brown as we r Indians....the sun can't burn us anymore

[@11Cent]

@@Racing_Rog i think you missed the point. you should go outside more and find real women to simp over

[@maddieb.8514]

@@11Cent so then do you also ever take a break from trolling random people online and get out of the house to troll people outside instead?? My guess is no.

[@Taahmim]

In Bangladesh this mud bricks is cost around $0.09 for 10"x3"x2.5" size. labour got just 1 cent of less for making and drying it. Then its being burn in terracotta burner. And this is a major problem. Clay is clay because it contain calcium carbonate, potassium carbonate and Silicon dioxide. and the only source of this thing is fertile agriculture land.

[@ashishnayak2988]

It's just old Indian village style

[@veenaanshah]

Exactly.... Then we were called 'non civilised'! Now they do means it is so it's ' science', research etc. With NO credit to India / Bharat!🙄

[@deepstariaenigmatica2601]

@Mi Movil Did anybody say it hasn't been done anywhere else? you seem salty. and tbh I don't think your supposed spanish mud buildings can even compare to sheer number of mud architecture in indian rural areas bro. we have entire states comparable to your country both in terms of your size & population. and no, it hasn't been done EVERYWHERE.

[@junior1497]

Bobs and vagana has entered the chat

[@deepstariaenigmatica2601]

@Mi Movil I'd say it's spread out across the entirety of asia, middle east & africa...and quite surprisingly the mediterranean? good to know

[@rajanishreevatsa9687]

Indian village lifestyle. Which we lived in since centuries..

[@akshat_khare]

Meanwhile asian and Africans are doing this for millennia and they were called backwards for it 🤣🤣🤣

[@laughingvampire7555]

Those are really bad adobes, they cannot stand Earthquakes, there is a Spanish organization Architects without Borders and they designed Earthquake resistant Adobe houses, but the adobes have to be 30cm x 30 cm, and combine reed every 3 meters in vertical and every 30 cm in horizontal.

[@Racing_Rog]

I came here to see the host...though I live in a house made of mud

[@chadterry9770]

Dried mud still turns back into wet mud and falls apart when it rains, unlike cement or mortar where there is a chemical reaction that causes it to permanently set hard and become water proof. Imagine a sidewalk made from mud instead of cement, it will become a sloppy mud walk in the rain. So mud might be ok in dry climates and where there is a good roof to keep the walls dry.

[@YinYanUzumaki]

Indian buildings that are like 900 years old or so were made of limestone . Hindu temples made of stone carvings

[@benbaggen2375]

News flash, a good amount of the world still live in mud house's. Why not do a story on that, not some weekend eco warriors at a summer camp

[@TheFreshSpam]

They arent eco warriors they are from Serbia. They are poor and skint. You are ignorant as hell, apparently you can only be dirt dirt poor to share your story.....

[@benbaggen2375]

@@TheFreshSpam they are wearing gloves and face masks to build a mud house,this is a hobby for them

[@TheFreshSpam]

@@benbaggen2375 Do you know a thing about Serbia? You know people in Africa with next to nothing can have gloves and a mask on. Ever thought about looking into the average wage of Serbia and then looking at the countryside, aswell as the economic situation? Ahhh nah, theyve got gloves n a mask on, it's a hobby....... the masks and gloves are probably provided by vice, the reporter, an aid organisation or donations.

[@TheFreshSpam]

@@benbaggen2375 You havent watched the video when these people are making their homes out of it. Theres nothing else they can build with or afford, shes teaching old ways to people who cannot afford anything else.

[@benbaggen2375]

@@TheFreshSpam I don't think we are watching the same video, maybe you should watch it again. No one who builds a mad house out of necessity runs power throughout the whole house. Let alone the second half of the video they say is a mud village they are trying to recreate as a display.

[@VovaZiLvovaTV]

Thank you Vice, and everyone behind it. That last caption about unfuckibg the planet even though it’s not (totally) our fault is gold. Keep doing your thing. Keep spreading the knowledge. Together we’re strong.

[@kateapple1]

Earthships! Jesus Vice took you long enough. Hippies have been making these since the 70’s

[@cheeksweeper9678]

third world countries have been making these for way longer😐

[@onanperez8867]

I mean, my father built houses of mud all his life. It is a great idea to consider whenever you live in areas where skyscrapers are not. It is so cheap to work with adobe. There are a lot of factors to consider indeed, however, I believe it would be more beneficial than detrimental. I am currently learning how to work with mud.

[@kegsofvomitspit]

Architects don’t typically “use” anything to build a house. They draw up the plans which people like myself then build using whatever materials said plan specifies. But it’s nice to see someone bucking the trend.

[@jameswright3972]

I see

[@AsifSadiqShamrat]

In my country (Bangladesh) in the rural areas we use mud houses all the time. It is best suited for our climate

[@starlightmckennah5241]

Why is it best suited