PRESENTED BY-

SADIYA ALVI
HIREN KUKREJA
Cob, cobb or clom (in Wales) is a natural building material made from subsoil, water,
fibrous organic material (typically straw), and sometimes lime. The contents of subsoil naturally
vary, and if it does not contain the right mixture it can be modified with sand or clay. Cob is
fireproof, resistant to seismic activity, and inexpensive. It can be used to create artistic, sculptural
forms, and its use has been revived in recent years by the natural building
and sustainability movements.
FORMATION OF COB BALLS WITH HANDS.

TO MAKE EVEN MORE

MIX SOIL ROUGHLY IN NOW MIXTURE IS READY TO
SMOOTH MIXTURE INSTEAD OF
FIRST STAGE. MAKE COB BALLS.
HAND WE DOB IT WITH FOOT.
MAKING OF COB BALLS FINAL COB
BALLS
COB WALLS ARE MADE EITHER BY COB BALLS OR BY THE HELP OF COB LUMPS.THE BALLS OR THE
LUMPS ARE KEPT IN SUCH A WAY THAT JOINTS DON’T OVERLAP EACH OTHER. WHILE PLACE THE
LUMPS GROOVES ARE MADE BY THE HELP OF HAND TO INCREASE THE BINDING PROPERTY.
THESEWALLS ARE USUALLY THICKER IN SIZE.

MAKING GROOVES FOR INCREASING COB WALL DETAIL

BINDING PROPERTY.
Cob is ECOLOGICAL (in the very real sense of the word); composed of unadulterated, and, ideally,
locally sourced materials, most cob buildings maintain a low embodied energy which don’t require
large-scale mining or other destructive practices to obtain.
Cob is HEALTHY; in both its final and component forms, cob contains no synthetical chemicals, nor
poses longterm concerns for indoor air quality due to off-gassing or VOC’s. This remains true
throughout its lifecycle.
Cob is SAFE; with only your hands, feet, tarps, buckets, and a few hand tools, most phases of a
cob project can be completed without the dangers of power tools or machinery.
Cob is FORGIVING; just as with building a sandcastle, until dry, cob can be continually edited and
changed as you perfect your work.
Cob is IMPERFECT; as with anything handmade, the print of the maker is always left in the final
product. Contrast your favorite hand-thrown coffee mug to a factory-made ceramic one.
Mud house in Matagalpa, Nicaragua
• The cob technique seems to be consistent with the existing
values, experiences, and needs of the people from
Matagalpa since people in the area used to build houses in
adobe or wattle-and-daub so they are accustomed to work
with earthen materials.
Casa Terracotta