Straw Bale Reciprocal Roof

A reciprocal roof is a beautiful and simple self supporting structure that can be composed of as few as three rafters and up to any imaginable quantity within reason of course.

Straw bale reciprocal roof.

A reciprocal roof is type of roof where the individual rafters mutually support each other. It took charlie a little over a year to build his home with a reciprocal roof and lime plastered straw bale walls. A straw bale roundhouse step by step. But i am also hungry to learn more about the physics strengths and weaknesses of these beautiful elegant yet simple roofs.

Sep 17 2016 explore kathy gaeddert s board straw bale construction followed by 385 people on pinterest. See more ideas about cob house natural building earth homes. My question is this. They originated in medieval japan but probably date back further and aspects of reciprocity can be found in the roofs of many early human settlements.

All in all it cost charlie about 15 000 23 000. Reciprocal roofs require no center support they are quick to construct and they can be built using round poles or dimensional lumber perhaps with some creative. Non bearing walls will be out of cob on the south side and straw bale on the north side and the floor will be earthen. Reciprocal roofs are generally found on round elliptical or polygonal buildings as the weight of.

I will build a building with a reciprocal roof structure with roundwood in central portugal. Charlie s home is designed from the natural resources available on the land using stone roundwood straw bales clay turf and lime. A collection of pictures from rubble trench to final straw bale roundhouse with reciprocal roof by matthew robin white. A home that only cost 3 500 euro.