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Preparing for Xincun Residential Update
KunMing, China
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Location:
KunMing, China
Category:
housing
Phase:
design development
Updated:
5 January 2023
It is intended to use Beizhe New Village as a demonstration site for protecting traditional earth palm houses and promoting new rammed earth technology,and to provide a demonstration site for rammed earth technology for the poor mountainous area of Yunnan and even the entire Chinese villages and towns,which will help the development of traditional rammed earth dwellings.Update protection.
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Introduction
Beizhe New Village belongs to the mountainous area, and the buildings here are basically traditional Tuzhang houses. There are many mountainous rural areas in Yunnan Province that are similar to Beizhe New Village. The palm houses are gradually replaced by modern brick-concrete buildings, and the living comfort of modern brick-concrete buildings is often not as good as that of traditional earth palm houses, and consumes more energy, which also creates a situation of thousands of villages. It is precisely based on the nostalgia of the villagers in Beizhe New Village, and the reality that traditional earth palm houses are gradually being replaced by high-energy-consuming brick-concrete buildings. We want to use Beizhe New Village as a place to protect traditional earth palm houses and promote new rammed earth technology It provides a demonstration site of rammed earth technology for the vast impoverished mountainous areas of Yunnan and even the entire Chinese villages and towns, which is conducive to the renewal and protection of traditional rammed earth dwellings.
Traditional Soil Palm House

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Impact
The project will serve as a technology demonstration site for the entire mountainous countryside in Yunnan and even the entire Chinese township. This will provide technical support for the protection and renewal of traditional soil palm houses, and help the protection and renewal of traditional soil palm houses, thereby protecting the style and appearance of traditional villages. In addition, it will also help to change the current situation that high-carbon-emission building materials are commonly used in village and town buildings, thereby reducing carbon emissions in rural buildings.
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Core team
Professor Bai Wenfeng (Building Technology Science): Kunming University of Science and Technology master tutor, research direction: green vernacular building technology, technical guidance
Teacher Xiao Jing: Kunming University of Science and Technology master tutor, research direction; architectural design, architectural design guidance
Ou Caiping: project initiator, graduate student of Kunming University of Science and Technology, majoring in architectural technology science
Huang Zhengui: project initiator, graduate student of Kunming University of Science and Technology, majoring in architectural technology science
Beizhe Xincun farmers:The villagers of Beizhe New Village mainly provide us with their living needs, learn relevant construction knowledge from us, and then participate in the construction phase of our project to build their homes.
Funding Fund: Chen Mincong Charitable Foundation
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Aerial view of Beizhe New Village

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construction photos

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Technical drawings
Main load-bearing wall technical axonometric drawing

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Technical Sectional Drawing of Main Load-bearing Wall

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Where are we now
The research on earth architecture has been supported by the national science and technology support plan project, international environmental protection organization, and public welfare project of the world's top 500 enterprises. A low-energy-consumption prefabricated bamboo structure has been developed, and the research in the field of bamboo construction has been supported by the National Key Research and Development Program and the United Nations Global Environment Facility (GEF) project.
An indication of our team’s capacity:
90% funding already raised
95% expertise already found
70% materials / equipment already found
95% builders already found
Finance: € 2,732
Our project involves renovation and planning of Beizhe New Village, residential design, post-management, etc. At present, the Chen Mincong Charity Foundation has participated in our project and provided a certain amount of manpower and material resources for the project. In addition to our team for the project In addition to the funds provided by the project, the project still needs 2,732 euros, which are mainly used for leveling the site and building the house.
  • Site leveling fee:1366euros
1,366
  • Construction cost: 1366euros
1,366
Skills: Design, Technique
Design ability: It is required to have a certain architectural design ability, and be able to design in combination with traditional residential forms, and is mainly responsible for residential design.
Rammed earth technology, wood processing technology: mainly used for the construction of residential buildings.
Photos of the construction process

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Stuff: Equipment & tools, Materials
Needs for donated materials: 1: 100 lumber squares of 38 x 140mm (2" x 6" nom.) for light wood structure wall studs.
2. 3 air nail guns, 20 boxes of air nails, these are mainly used for fixing between the bamboo strips on the wall and the wooden skeleton.
3. 50 square meters of transparent sun room panels, these materials are mainly used for the construction of residential sun rooms.
4. The stainless steel tile is 40 square meters, which are mainly used for the construction of residential roofs.
construction photos

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