We start shaping the internal walls of the two terraces.
With the floating staircase complete, we start inserting the beams that will support the mezzanine into the adobe walls. They are curved around the corners toward the main entrance to the house.
An arched door is created to provide access from the mezzanine onto the terrace. Then the walls are built up above the mezzanine. At 70 cm wide, they eat up our adobe bricks, and we have two workers permanently employed making more.
Geronimo and Freddy continue the long, slow process of building the 5 metre columns that will frame the view to the mountains.
Hipolito works on the central column in the living room, incorporating the concrete shelves that will eventually be welded and glazed to form a woodburning stove.
As the wall moves around to the main entrance, we insert the largest arch to form a grand entrance to the living room. We also build up the side walls leading down the steps to where the large wooden door will be placed.
1 comment:
Hi June,
I stumbled upon your blog while I was looking for information about obtaining planning permission in Bolivia!
Im a co-founder of orkidstudio an art/architecture based charity based in Scotland. Do check our website out www.orkidstudio.co.uk
we are coming to bolivia this July to build a carpentry workshop in Huajchilla.
Did you not need to get planning permission ? Do give me an email at sumei@orkidstudio.co.uk as it would be great to speak to someone who's doing something similar to what we are trying to achieve!
Keep up the good work.
Su Mei
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