JoJo stacking bales
Rice straw being burned and going to waste in the Artibonite Valley
Rice straw drying on a concrete slab
Steel compression mould with farm jack is used to compress rice straw into a bale
Straw bale being tied off in compression mould
Bale-makers Noel and Arol with the first batch of straw bales ever in Haiti
Rubble trench complete
Mesh reinforced concrete footing over rubble trench
Turning rubble into reusable aggregate for concrete, block, and plaster
Close up of the rubble crusher, crushing a piece of concrete block
David Gutnick of CBC Radio-Canda interviews the rubble crusher
Gravel bag stem wall, using salvaged tarps sewn to fit
Tarp remnant is sewn to become a gravel bag
External bamboo pin grabs gravel bag stem wall. Galvanized mesh awaits a lime-cement plaster.
Jean Louis Elie tying off barbed wire reinforcing for concrete cap of gravel bag stem wall
First strawbale building in Haiti, under construction
Jean Louis works with lead builder Andy Mueller
Annio dismantles a wooden pallet for use in roof trusses
First roof truss is hoisted
Roof trusses using dismantled pallets for webs and bottom chords
Roof trusses and purlins installed
Corrugated steel roofing being installed
Galvanized steel wire is used for 'X' tension bracing at all four corners of the building
Annio applies interior scratch coat of earth plaster
Jean Louis and Annio apply exterior scratch coat of earth plaster
Scratch coat of plaster complete, and galri slab poured (with crushed rubble aggregate)
Aliz finish on exterior, showing wooden shutters on west side of building
Site soil, sand, and chopped floor base being installed over crushed rubble drainage layer
Lath and earth plaster on interior truss wall, bamboo ceiling, and lime-washed interior earth-plastered walls
Solar panel supplies photovoltaic electricity for lighting
Rain barrel
Bamboo rafters for galri roof
Galri almost complete
With doors and shutters painted
Interior window sill. Earthen plaster with tinted lime wash finish.
Haitian builders of the Ti Kay Pay. Jean Louis Elie, Samuel Alcide, Annio Baptiste
Haiti's first Ti Kay Pay (Small Straw House) - February 2011
