Shagun Singh was a corporate business head. She quit her job in 2015 and moved to Nainital in Uttarakhand. She was looking for a place where she can build a home with her own hands. The idea was to create a magical place where one can grow food, where there is energy, water, and to live as holistically as possible. She found a barren piece of land in Mahrora, a village close to Nainital. Later she started making mud houses and founded a training centre called Geeli Mitti. People from different parts of the world come and learn different mud construction techniques here. She emphasizes on the importance of mud over cement
Geeli Mitti: Why are Mud Houses more eco-friendly and sustainable than concrete?
Why is mud construction sustainable then using cement? Why are mud houses more comfortable to live in? What are the advantages of mud over cement for building and construction? Shagun Singh, the founder of GeeliMitti farms and educational research center talks about the common myths that are associated with mud houses. Most believe that mud houses are not strong enough, it's expensive to build and maintain and not suited to regions which have high rainfall. Shagun is breaking all these myths about mud houses. Later in the video, she is explaining about the thermal properties of mud houses and how the material helps in moderating temperature inside a home during different weather conditions. She then talks about different techniques and designs to build a mud house. This includes a step-by-step process of building a mud house
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Prabhu Prasad Sahoo
8 months ago
This is one of the most unique designs I have seen. Just love it how custom-made this project is for the clients! Even the presentation of this video is a tier above the rest because of the presence of the architect on site explaining the details! Just amazing!
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Labroidas
7 months ago
Greetings from Austria, this seems very similar to the work of the Paani Foundation in Maharashtra. This recent movement of Indians using science and revitalizing pre-colonial knowledge of land- and water management to stop desertification and to make India a green garden in the wake of climate change is hugely inspiring. You guys are people of action who take matters into their own hands, in my country we can learn a thing or two from India.
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Shefali Sharma
8 months ago (edited)
Once again a big applause to Manavendra Singh and his team for further expanding and diversifying this project..this needs to be done on a larger scale all over the country ..the ideology behind it is commendable..!!!