Mud building workshop at Pun Pun

These photos come from a mud building workshop held at Pun Pun in February 2004. Pun Pun is a sustainable living and learning centre near Chiang Mai in northern Thailand founded by Jon Jandai and Peggy Reents. Activities at the farm include seed saving and courses in natural building.

lots of building activity
Beginning to build the mud brick walls. Many hands make light work!

the building goes up
The walls start to go up.

building around the window frame
The walls are built around wooden frames for the door and window.

more building
The walls keep going up.

constructing the frame for the thatch roof
The frame of the roof under construction. Note the mud plaster over the mud bricks.

the building with the thatch roof in place
Workers resting under the shade of the thatch roof

the building near completion
The building near completion.


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