Several beautiful sustainable homes are currently under construction in and near Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – West Africa. NDFK designs these houses as pilots for a ‘sustainable knowledge shop’ that will…
Sustainable Construction
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Polishing a concrete floor There are different options to mechanically polish a floor, depending on the final look and strength needed. In both options the concrete will be ground back…
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When looking for lime products to use for plastering there can be some confusing terminology. Here we will try to clarify what’s what. What are the benefits of using lime?…
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Here are the (free) resources that we use to help our clients to make beautiful earth/ lime finishes to their earth buildings. The idea is that our clients and also…
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Over more than 10 years of working with earth we are still learning more every day. Are you interested in learning more about earth building? We have gathered useful links,…
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How do we design your shipping container home? We will tell you step by step how to design a tiny house, based on a container. We will look at the…
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Together with local design studio YAAM from Burkina Faso, we developed the exterior and interior of an office building in Ouagadougou. Our main goal was to create a beautiful office…
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This commercial office project in the heart of Ouagadougou, is the first in Burkina Faso to make use of sustainable design concepts. The project will be built in a commercial…
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Which common three earth building types are used to building houses? Earth is the most widely used building material in the world. But it is often associated with poor development…
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We have started an intense collaboration with a small international school in Burkina Faso, to find the best way to renovate the school grounds to be ready for the next…