Dhruvang Hingmire and Priyanka Gunjikar, architects of ‘Constructing in Mud’, create cement-free, eco-friendly houses that keep cool, utilizing pure supplies and lime plaster.

Dhruvang Hingmire and Priyanka Gunjikar aren’t your typical architects. Moreover constructing houses with their very own arms, the Pune-based couple practise a type of structure that makes use of pure supplies, and employs native labour and building.

The identify of their structure agency ‘Constructing in Mud’ conveys precisely what this couple creates when constructing your property. They use all-natural supplies, that are regionally accessible on the building web site of their mission.

Forgoing cement fully, they use lime plaster as a binding agent, which ensures that the homes stay sturdy and funky even within the hottest of climate. Utilizing cement obstructs any respiration that occurs by way of the partitions of your constructing, which is why it heats up a lot.

“Now we have to discover a steadiness between ecological viability and the shopper’s needs. For a mission close to Bhor, the shopper wished a country look to the home. So, we didn’t go for inside plastering. However, in a mission at Kamshet, they wished a low-maintenance home. So, we went for lime plasters not like cement, which is unhealthy for the atmosphere. Furthermore, lime is totally recyclable and possesses a better thermal insulation worth,” informs Dhruvang.

Born and raised in Pune, Dhruvang attended Rachna Sansad Academy of Structure in Mumbai, the place he met Priyanka. In school, they have been influenced by a senior architect, Malaksingh Gill, a proponent of eco-friendly, culture-sensitive structure and pupil of the well-known Lawrence Wilfred “Laurie” Baker, a British-born Indian architect.

So how did these two younger architects select the unbeaten path?

Nicely, Dhruvang attributes this to a school journey to Satara in Maharashtra the place they got here throughout an outdated girl dwelling by herself in a dilapidated home. Seeing that they might barely assist her as college students, Dhruvang determined that he wouldn’t transfer into typical structure however work in the direction of constructing houses.

At any time when Priyanka and Dhruvang get a mission, they conduct a preliminary recce of the situation and its surrounding areas. They research the homes, supplies, the place these will be procured, and the know-how used.

Primarily, it takes about 4 months to finish the core construction, and one other 4 to 5 months to complete the interiors.

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Edited by Pranita Bhat