Architect Marc Thorpe has unveiled renderings of a set of houses in Uganda that will be constructed almost entirely from bio-bricks made from local soil and feature solar-panelled roofs.
Scheduled for completion this spring, Marc Thorpe is working on the project with social housing company Échale and Stage Six, an organisation that describes itself as supporting businesses in becoming sustainable franchises.
Ten houses will be built just outside of Kampala
The group will initially produce 10 houses of the same size just outside of Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, but hopes to expand the project in the region once this first stage is complete.
Comprised of just one storey each, the bungalows will be built from Échale's patented Ecoblocks, which are bio-bricks made of 90 per cent local soil, with a mixture of cement, sand, lime and water accounting for the rest of the material. Bricks made from soil will be used to construct the project
"Ecoblock is a bioclimatic, thermal and acoustic insulator ? ecological and more resistant than cement block," Thorpe told Dezeen.
"This, in turn, makes it locally sourced and fully recyclable, producing 30 per cent less carbon dioxide emissions," he continued.
Each house will feature a water tower
According to Thorpe, other sustainable features of the Kampala houses will include large, flat roofs made from corrugated steel and wood that are designed to hold solar panels that will generate electricity.
Each house's r...