⁣Building Green Homes out of Mud in Ghana [2018]

Construction of An Earth Library in the Eastern Region of Ghana.
Using locally sourced materials and labour.

Young couple building small home using local earth materials in Ghana just outside of Accra.

The house took 15 days to build and all materials are locally sourced.

Here are some of the housing designs from Chagga, Sukuma and Massai communities found in East Africa.

After the drone video of the Wulugu Mud House:

https://youtu.be/_SaWjJ8G1vs

We're now taking you inside this house built from mud and wood. Also please keep in mind, some of the footage is a bit shaky because some of the passage ways and rooms where tiny and me with my almost 2 meters had a hard time to squeeze through at time.

The moment you step inside you'll notice instantly that the temperature inside is much cooler than the outside. The mud house was built in a way creating this natural air conditioning, letting in cooler air while release hot air. I kind of never wanted to leave the inside again because I knew outside we had to sweat again at 40 plus celsius outside.

We're soon going to write about this the Wulugu Mud House in details on our Ghana Travel Blog:

https://ghana.for91days.com/

This video was recorded with this camera:

https://for91days.com/go/gimbal19

We were so surprised to find the uniquely designed Wulugu Mud House on our way to Bolgatanga. We couldn't believe our eyes to see such marvel, basically in the middle of nowhere. An entire palace made out of mud and wood and it's built in a way which leads cold air in and hot air out, basically being cooled be a natural air conditioning.

There are so many more interesting facts about the Wulugu Mud House which we will write about it soon on our Ghana Tavel Blog:

https://ghana.for91days.com/

But I want to share one really cool thing about the mud house, the wall surrounding it, is in the shape of Ghana. Don't believe me? Well then see for yourself: 0:50

This video was recorded with this drone:

https://for91days.com/go/mydrone19

Building a house requires the strength of the whole community.

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