Single Family Home with Rooftop Vegetable Garden

Location

Revelation Life Family Centre, nr. Kampala, Uganda

Materials & Construction

Foundations: Tires or stone-filled wire gabions. Walls: Using sub-soil on site to fill ‘Earth bags’ combined with ‘cob’ construction by mixing subsoil with clay and straw for arched opening. Roof: Corrugated steel on timber.

Layout

Flexible multi-purpose living space with porches front & rear to provide extra covered living/cooking areas with garden in trays and planters, spanning across outside walls.

Water

Water is collected from the top roof in a tank above the stairs to provide water for the home and garden.