Preserving India's heritage of mud architecture. Biju Bhaskar of Thannal.

Ғылым және технология

Chapters:
00:00 - The rise and fall of mud architecture.
00:55 - Introduction to Thannal
01:22 - Philosophy of Thannal
01:55 - Story of Biju Bhaskar (Founder of Thannal)
03:11 - Thannal and travel
04:25 - Thannal workshops
05:46 - Use of natural materials and plant derivatives
07:02 - Documentation in Thannal
India has a rich tradition of mud architecture. Even today more than 65 million of about 118 million houses in the country are made of mud. 2 seconds… But as the country progresses, mud architecture is slowly being supplanted by concrete. Even in rural areas where the mud was once the go-to material is turning towards concrete.
Mud houses are often associated with decadence and poverty, while concrete is a symbol of upward mobility and modernity.
This notion is being challenged by a 47-year-old architect, living on the foothills of Tiruvannamalai in Tamil Nadu. His love for India’s vernacular architecture had taken him on a journey across the country, experiencing and documenting different materials, styles and skills that made these dwelling spaces unique. His organisation named “Thannal” has now become a sanctuary for preserving these mud techniques and a seminary for architects to come and learn this art. Biju Bhaskar is an architect by training. His first 10 years after his architecture degree saw him handling commercial projects. But that was not his calling. In 2011, Biju founded ‘Thannal’, a natural building awareness group along with his wife, Sindhu Bhaskar. he then travelled extensively to the most rural parts of India, with his family, to find, learn and document these ancient architectural techniques. Biju through Thannal did not want to design-build more natural homes like most architects would do. He instead sought to create more people who would build and design natural buildings. He also wanted to educate people on the significance of mud as a sustainable building material and ensured all material containing such knowledge was available. Thus he built a 550 sq ft Earthbag home and an artisans studio in Thiruvannamalai along with his wife and children and started to conduct workshops. Today, we are starting to see a large population of Indian youth migrating back to the villages. This population is also keen on making a dramatic shift in their lifestyle by growing their own food and building houses using locally sourced materials. Biju believes that over time groups like Thannal will become a catalyst in helping these people transition easier.

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  • @app8790
    @app8790 Жыл бұрын

    In Odisha, the mud houses they've built are so strong, the g+1 houses are still standing since over 100 years

  • @parthasarathigoswami2020

    @parthasarathigoswami2020

    Жыл бұрын

    Would you please give me the name of the location, so I can reach to the location

  • @app8790

    @app8790

    Жыл бұрын

    @@parthasarathigoswami2020 you can find those houses in most rural parts. Very abundant in western Odisha. The ceiling of the ground floors are made with tree trunks and lumber, in some cases as I've seen with bricks too but idk which one is stronger. On top of that again comes the mud which also makes the floor of the upper floor. Then the first floor is generally with a low ceiling height which has the roof of the house made with khapar or the mud tiles and bamboo along with other wooden structure used to support it. Those kind of houses were built way back in time and not everyone could build them in the British period. I only have the knowledge of what's in my area though.

  • @KrishnaKumar-hz8my

    @KrishnaKumar-hz8my

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@parthasarathigoswami2020come to mayurbhanj santal village

  • @MrPjrdietl
    @MrPjrdietl12 күн бұрын

    I took part in construction of our mud house when I was13years old. It was a great experience still I remember the experience after 48 years.

  • @turiyapanama
    @turiyapanama Жыл бұрын

    Love seeing this! I am doing the same here in Panama, building the first natural building school. Here, they are tearing down the few mud homes that are still standing because they are "old" and "outdated", but you can build beautiful, modern homes with natural materials as well. I am an engineer by training so I also made the switch to natural after a "tech" background and love seeing everything that natural materials can do!

  • @pravinthakur9881
    @pravinthakur9881 Жыл бұрын

    भारतीय वैभव निसर्ग को साथ लेकर विकसित हुआ, निर्माण हुआ था, अतः यह शाश्वत सत्य भी हे, निसर्ग से ही जीवन सुरक्षित तथा आनंद से भरा होता है ।।।

  • @swayamcurrentaffairs9601
    @swayamcurrentaffairs96012 жыл бұрын

    By doing this we can save our environment.

  • @vaibhav_kushwaha_25
    @vaibhav_kushwaha_25 Жыл бұрын

    I love my old mud house, it gives me unexplainable happiness there, it connects me to nature, it is temparature proof, good for immunity, although need more maintainance than pukka house.

  • @srmchinni3
    @srmchinni32 жыл бұрын

    I am sure, i will build my own house with mud. I am saving all these videos for my reference. Thank you DTE.

  • @iamgroot4706

    @iamgroot4706

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm opting for rammed earth house. God willing, I will succeed. 🙏

  • @umarshaikh3817

    @umarshaikh3817

    2 ай бұрын

    Same here 😊

  • @anon.4808

    @anon.4808

    Ай бұрын

    Hey man ! I would be grateful if u will share your videos collection. If u have made any playlist of that, pls make it public. Waiting for ur reply

  • @santhoshmoothedath
    @santhoshmoothedath2 жыл бұрын

    Bijuchettaaa ghambheeram 👍🏻

  • @littlekitty6766
    @littlekitty67662 жыл бұрын

    I also wish to have a mud house in future . It will smell like heaven when it rains.😆😄

  • @rupeshkumardas6460
    @rupeshkumardas6460 Жыл бұрын

    Requested to visit Ladakh,there are many no of houses built from mud , not only ground floor ,3 to 4th floor with the help of mud.

  • @keshavtyagi8322
    @keshavtyagi83222 жыл бұрын

    I have been following Thannal since many years now.... they are doing awesome work... preserving our ancient knowledge and providing it to the current generation.

  • @safuwanfauzi5014
    @safuwanfauzi5014 Жыл бұрын

    Sub-Sahara Africa like Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Mali, Ivory Coast, Togo, Burkina Faso all these people used mud to build building, Akan architecture, Benin architecture, Yoruba architecture, Dahomey architecture and Sudano-Sahelian/Mali and Hausa architecture all used mud. most of Bantu and Nilotic used mud to build cone hut, the King, Noble hut are bigger and commoner are small just like we see in the video or media. Dahomey Palace complex and Benin palace complex are example of mud architecture, mixed with wood and stone.

  • @ShalkiZS
    @ShalkiZS Жыл бұрын

    When I grow old, I would love to build my own mud home. Thanks Mr. Biju and Down To Earth!

  • @asifsiddiqueee

    @asifsiddiqueee

    Жыл бұрын

    Why wait to grow old and loose your golden time to enjoy life?

  • @sandeep-pe3jg
    @sandeep-pe3jg9 ай бұрын

    I'm feeling so good after watching this video, more people should know that Mud houses are still a thing and we can still build houses with mud using modern techniques.

  • @dhanashreenikam9994
    @dhanashreenikam99942 ай бұрын

    Bhaskarji,It feels so proud and happy to see people like you who are working for preserving and spreading our old technique and knowledge ..👍

  • @sushmitasutradhar4880
    @sushmitasutradhar488011 ай бұрын

    Yes, documentation is very important

  • @DashrathSingh
    @DashrathSingh9 ай бұрын

    Have you documented limestone based construction as well? That was very popular in last 500 years. You see all forts in Rajasthan were created using it and they are still standing after 500 years. You will come across havelis in Shekhawati region of Rajasthan, all created using it. Everybody stopped using it 30 years ago when cement came. It’s very very stable material.

  • @Christinalight219
    @Christinalight219 Жыл бұрын

    I’m so so grateful this video came into my life. Thank you! Not only for this video but for your passion and dedication to documenting these techniques and sharing it with everyone so they can have this knowledge and freedom to create their own homes and in turn life. Thank you deeply.

  • @DineshYadav-zt6mf
    @DineshYadav-zt6mf Жыл бұрын

    i observed that the carving on mud house walls in tamilnadu are very similar to mud carvings in uttar pradesh. that shows that once we lived with in shared culture

  • @domovoi_0
    @domovoi_02 жыл бұрын

    Incredible. Love and blessings! These people will be surviving the coming crises.

  • @jishnut.r.6597
    @jishnut.r.6597 Жыл бұрын

    Kudos to thannal for reviveing our lost artform 🙂 👏

  • @sylmadelcoke607
    @sylmadelcoke607 Жыл бұрын

    I am so grateful I came across your video. I am planning on building a rammed earth home in Ghana and I am curious to know more about the inclusion of herbs in the walls. I was impressed to hear that Indian youths are returning to rural areas. Thank you

  • @D2E

    @D2E

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @tarrasteno

    @tarrasteno

    Жыл бұрын

    as you are from Ghana, there is an ancient African plastering water proof method called Tadelakt. It's from Morocco kzread.info/dash/bejne/fGGImayhfJXcqtY.html you can also get an idea on how a Moroccan mud house looks like kzread.info/dash/bejne/fKKM08-xo866qM4.html

  • @motherslove686
    @motherslove686 Жыл бұрын

    I live in a house 100 years old built by mud with surky. I love my home.. even though for onlookers it is a very old home that need to replaced by a concrete building.

  • @riturajsandhupeasant4885
    @riturajsandhupeasant48852 жыл бұрын

    Great marvellous task to document these beautiful architecture and building practices. 🌼💚🌍 Thanks Thannal team. I follow your KZread and website. Will surely come to learn these practices. 🙂💌🏅

  • @user-ct5cg7dz5m
    @user-ct5cg7dz5m11 ай бұрын

    Great job Down to earth & thannal Team . By doing this we can save our environment..

  • @kushwaharules
    @kushwaharulesАй бұрын

    Incredible work Thannal and team.

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    @user-hq5ln7cp7e26 күн бұрын

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  • @Edward4Plantagenet
    @Edward4Plantagenet Жыл бұрын

    Shibam city in Yemen is world heritage site, It has mud build skyscrapers.

  • @geetasingh1590
    @geetasingh15903 ай бұрын

    Sir hats off to you.Great work

  • @bettinakuwait
    @bettinakuwait2 жыл бұрын

    I love it. Share more on their initiative

  • @sbdiaries
    @sbdiariesАй бұрын

    Good to see the old skills of house building being kept alive ❤❤❤

  • @sanjayjorwal3705
    @sanjayjorwal3705 Жыл бұрын

    love it , so sad for me to find my own culture in this way but still feeling good about it

  • @nagavenig5438
    @nagavenig543811 ай бұрын

    Great job down-to-earth and thannal

  • @yeahimlistening
    @yeahimlistening Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful and preserving ..

  • @krishnasai1232
    @krishnasai12322 жыл бұрын

    Appreciate what you do DTE org 👍

  • @surojitgupta9854
    @surojitgupta98542 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating project, I would recommend them to also look at tribal architecture from Jharkhand and bengal.. they have been also building mud homes.

  • @parthasarathigoswami2020

    @parthasarathigoswami2020

    Жыл бұрын

    If I am correct, you are talking about Bankura, Medinipur. If I am wrong then please give me the name of location

  • @asitpurohit_108

    @asitpurohit_108

    Жыл бұрын

    Any place in West Bengal , Odisha , jharkhanda , Bihar , it’s always beautiful

  • @cinemarevisit7916

    @cinemarevisit7916

    Жыл бұрын

    Can you point out which tribes are you referring to? Thanks,

  • @surbhithakur26

    @surbhithakur26

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cinemarevisit7916 I think Santhal Tribes.

  • @Chris72Ruth
    @Chris72Ruth3 ай бұрын

    Breathable home...nice concept.. all the best.

  • @nicoleroitberg1712
    @nicoleroitberg171210 ай бұрын

    thank you so much for preserving this so important way of building and also by doing this, ensuring people do not loose this wisdom that is fastly being lost. Same thing here in brazil. And to preserve this is also to honor the identity and culture and sustainability of different peoples.

  • @rakeshsoans
    @rakeshsoans2 ай бұрын

    Amazing work Biju.

  • @ivaan005
    @ivaan0052 ай бұрын

    This is called Sensible Filming. Thanks for this video.

  • @arunrajan4877
    @arunrajan48772 жыл бұрын

    This is so amazing!!

  • @chathunivlog
    @chathunivlog Жыл бұрын

    this is great ! love from sri lanka

  • @kaushikbaruah3731
    @kaushikbaruah3731 Жыл бұрын

    I think it's a very great initiative because it's a eco-friendly and all the raw materials can be found without doing any destruction to the nature... Moreover mud houses are remains cool in hotter days and much more reliable than cement, which is mostly responsible for dust and air pollution

  • @pjflynn
    @pjflynn2 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant!

  • @ashutiwari5038
    @ashutiwari50382 жыл бұрын

    Love from Rajasthan 🚩 ❤️

  • @VishalP71
    @VishalP715 ай бұрын

    Thank u so much sir ... Great initiative, I'll definitely visit...👏👏☮️

  • @Tatu420
    @Tatu420 Жыл бұрын

    Great work sir ji 🙏

  • @kanhaiyagupta3693
    @kanhaiyagupta3693 Жыл бұрын

    Truly real talent

  • @SarathVipin
    @SarathVipin2 жыл бұрын

    Great job Down to earth & thannal Team 🙏😄

  • @D2E

    @D2E

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much.

  • @OrendaDesignStudio
    @OrendaDesignStudio Жыл бұрын

    Great work 😍😍😍😍.

  • @ogathingo8885
    @ogathingo88852 жыл бұрын

    Mud houses were considered primitive and as poor men’s house . Today we are slowly learning to shift our thoughts processes and appreciate ancient knowledges and their wisdom! As for me , I believe that there more accumulated knowledges of of science and wisdom among the many trible elders that would serve the humanity more sustainable way than in most of the acclaimed modern “ temple of education “, where no thoughts are given of side effects and longlasting damage that scientifical achievements can cause( Atombombe, bio weapons , cancer and climate change causing products etc…….)

  • @mehkhasur
    @mehkhasur4 ай бұрын

    Awesome 👌

  • @bhaskarandbhaskard5728
    @bhaskarandbhaskard572811 ай бұрын

    This was very hygenic houses in ancient now also available in some villages

  • @bongmantu
    @bongmantu10 ай бұрын

    thanks a lot 😍😍😍😍

  • @dilipp4411
    @dilipp4411 Жыл бұрын

    awesome thanks

  • @MessyTimes
    @MessyTimes Жыл бұрын

    Anything that empowers local people to do, build and live without interference from central authorities is both good for humanity and irritating to those types of petty despots who love the administrative, centralizing state. Good for Thannal!

  • @UshaRani-st5fc
    @UshaRani-st5fc Жыл бұрын

    Great

  • @snkarbhr
    @snkarbhr Жыл бұрын

    And this "Modernity" have put this whole world and all species into climate change trouble! Which cannot be reversed now!!! Kudos

  • @prashantpandya2933
    @prashantpandya2933 Жыл бұрын

    Great work

  • @nirmalrana3538
    @nirmalrana3538 Жыл бұрын

    This is the future

  • @esakkikarthik4378
    @esakkikarthik437811 ай бұрын

    Awesome❤

  • @krishnapriyas8740
    @krishnapriyas87409 ай бұрын

    Respected both sir and madam. I am krishnapriya living in madurai. I have seen your passion towards our ancient people art of building house with nature. It's only livelihood. And documentation of all types of our heritage house around India. I am immersed in pleasure. I am saluting to all your works. And i am wishing you to attian all pleasure. From my childhood i was interested in architecture with nature friendly. But now i am as special educator.

  • @krishnapriyas8740

    @krishnapriyas8740

    9 ай бұрын

    We are going built mud house.

  • @suklapanda3545
    @suklapanda3545 Жыл бұрын

    So nice

  • @veerbahadursingh4746
    @veerbahadursingh474611 ай бұрын

    Nice video ❤

  • @kumarajit2006
    @kumarajit200611 ай бұрын

    Appreciate the work

  • @arunavadawn8556
    @arunavadawn85562 жыл бұрын

    Very nice 👌

  • @VTS_99
    @VTS_996 ай бұрын

    Earth quakes .. unexpected floods, rains so and so forth... we evolved from these which was our previous generations life style again going back ... Its like a CYCLE go back and then evolve with technology then get back away from chaos .. its never ending cyclic form

  • @ApoorvaDixit1488
    @ApoorvaDixit1488 Жыл бұрын

    Great work👌🏻👌🏻... Another company is Geeli Mitti which is working in making mud and sustainable houses.

  • @shaashi1
    @shaashi1 Жыл бұрын

    Very nice

  • @BorisAustin
    @BorisAustin11 ай бұрын

    LOVE

  • @maniamsssanthi1811
    @maniamsssanthi18112 жыл бұрын

    Bravo

  • @mohantejachitturi2472
    @mohantejachitturi2472 Жыл бұрын

    my grand fathers home used mud only, walls are so thick and even floor is made up of mud , roof with hand made mud tiles and palm wood for the frame to put tiles, you need to visit the konaseema in andhrapradesh, old manduva logili homes there are very good, they are cool,

  • @darshita1270
    @darshita1270 Жыл бұрын

    mud homes are present all over in cholisthan region , which extends upto kutch region in gujarat.

  • @robinsonrex1280
    @robinsonrex12802 ай бұрын

    These artisans need to be roped in to create a syllabus for a certificate course to be taught in community colleges, training centers run by union and state governments. In addition, architects, civil engineers and need to come together to come up with a industrialized construction methods, once that comes into play, constructing mud houses will be much faster.

  • @user-cv1jb9xv2p
    @user-cv1jb9xv2p2 жыл бұрын

    🙏🏼👍🏼👍🏼

  • @haripsd26
    @haripsd26 Жыл бұрын

    And the name is thannal 🔥

  • @sagarpandey6616
    @sagarpandey66169 ай бұрын

    We have mud home in villae which is almost broken Now I am delhi.. I hope to rebuild again soon.

  • @SK-he5yj
    @SK-he5yj Жыл бұрын

    DownToEarth, a great video but how do you put decadence which means luxury and poverty in the same sentence? I think you meant "mud houses are seen as a symbol of difficulty/indigence/destitution and poverty...

  • @tommygun7614
    @tommygun7614Ай бұрын

    I think, Indians shouldn’t shy away from using Cow Dung too, as it is the one of the biggest contribution by India to the world. Cow Dung Mixture keeps home cooler than Mud. Anyway, it was nice to see that there are Hindus who are preserving their culture.

  • @Ajay-jf6vx
    @Ajay-jf6vx11 ай бұрын

    Mud houses are more cooler than concrete houses. In these times of global warming and increasing heat, mud houses is a good option.

  • @venu0903
    @venu0903 Жыл бұрын

    Thiruvannamalai my native

  • @stelluspereira
    @stelluspereira10 ай бұрын

    Very interesting work, Is it possible to publish the link about the documentation you described in the video time stamp @9:35

  • @nshri27
    @nshri27 Жыл бұрын

    Namaskar sir Aap bahut hi behtarin ho. Aapse Jo jankari milati hai vahi Hindi mein hoti to samajhne mein aasan hota kripa kar ke Hindi mein video aap bnao

  • @MyOrganicVlogs
    @MyOrganicVlogs Жыл бұрын

    Great information, thank you। , Can I make mud house , I want to ..

  • @devenderm7959
    @devenderm7959 Жыл бұрын

    Hi sir I'm coming to meet you I'm devendra from Hyderabad.

  • @Pjrdjf
    @Pjrdjf Жыл бұрын

    I was wondering whether we can build multi storey building using mud. There seemed to be one building at the end which was built with mud. I think they need to stress on that as well.

  • @Edward4Plantagenet
    @Edward4Plantagenet Жыл бұрын

    I am going for Stone masonry House. Water harvesting, solar energy, lots of Trees.

  • @mobeditz6133
    @mobeditz61332 жыл бұрын

    🥰

  • @MountpeaceshelterKedari24
    @MountpeaceshelterKedari243 ай бұрын

    What's the use of it..if you can't help me building a mud house in my Village in Uttarakhand....😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 please help some to build this kind of house for me

  • @nandini2999
    @nandini29992 жыл бұрын

    Mud house, no cars, is the solution, for enhancing the quality of life at earth. Earth will be fine, there will be no environmental problems then.

  • @muralikrishnan3680
    @muralikrishnan36802 жыл бұрын

    Hey guys sorry to point out, but at 0.46 the word to use isn't decadence, definitely got the wrong word there.

  • @RA-uz7px
    @RA-uz7px2 жыл бұрын

    Sir, I am jnterested in building a mud house in the village, but I find it difficult to find the workers to carry out the task

  • @dreadfulbodyguard7288

    @dreadfulbodyguard7288

    Жыл бұрын

    I think Thannal should start taking contracts to build mud houses if not doing so already.

  • @RanjiniGanesh
    @RanjiniGanesh Жыл бұрын

    Lovely, is this expensive? Do you take up small projects in Bangalore?

  • @manickambaburobert7869
    @manickambaburobert7869 Жыл бұрын

    Blessed family..super

  • @naveenrs7742
    @naveenrs7742 Жыл бұрын

    I think Kadukkai Powder and such things will be used in the natural cement

  • @Srikantaiah_Jaya
    @Srikantaiah_Jaya2 ай бұрын

    Green building should also be practical, safe and private, otherwise a family cannot survive for long.

  • @saibihaq6789
    @saibihaq67898 ай бұрын

    Hi, Sir the soil I have at site is having approximately 70% clay and 3% silt, no gravel and sand in it. What should I mix in it like stabilizers? Thanks

  • @pedrothewise2584
    @pedrothewise25843 ай бұрын

    id love to do a learning workshop there, its just magical.

  • @ujjalsinghgohain7317
    @ujjalsinghgohain7317 Жыл бұрын

    I have no problem in mud houses My concern is security a thief can easily enter the mud house instead of concrete

  • @Bamidele-ee8ch
    @Bamidele-ee8ch8 ай бұрын

    How are you able to build without building permits and adhering to a building code? Do you have to submit a site plan to the city? Can you please help me with this question