Dec 5, 2012 · When it comes to housing there are two totally different types of housing in Afghanistan, the traditional mud houses, and concrete houses and mansions. In the cities you will see very modern architecture, beautiful mansions, but at the same time you might see a very traditional mud house next to it.

To provide greater stability for the roof, woven willow branches from Zabul and bamboo from Jalalabad and Mazar-e Sharif are layered onto the beams. The 'ghoragel' (mud) can then be applied to...

Dec 11, 2024 · In the book "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini, a kolba is a small, traditional Afghan mud hut that serves as a shelter for individuals or families. It is typically located in rural...

This traditional house has been made with mud which is a good insulation material. All the windows are facing south side to gain the maximum amount of sunlight during the winters. The flat roof gives an opportunity for the family to make dry fruits and dry vegetables, and for the males of this house to sleep in summers.

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Dec 18, 2023 · Vernacular architecture is based on local materials using traditional construction methods such as pakhsa (a combination of earth and straw), mudbrick, and stone masonry. Earthquakes are a part of life in Afghanistan, which sits on the Alpide belt where the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates collide.

Jun 5, 2012 · typical Afghan village home of mud brick. The common denominator, between cities and villages, war lord houses and mud huts is the wall. Every Afghan home has a ten foot tall (or higher) wall surrounding it with a gated entrance.

Houses in rural Afghanistan are traditionally made out of mud, and have a series of rooms located around a private rectangular courtyard where women and children play, cook and socialize. …

Feb 18, 2020 · Much of the time in rural Afghanistan you will find what we call "compounds" made of mud and straw with sticks that would act as our re-bar in concrete. Within these compounds there are a series of enclosed spaces made of the same material but also a curved dome like roof to allow for heat to rise and exit (it actually works incredibly well).

Sang Bibi walking with one of her children near her small two-room mud hut where she lives with a family of 9, in a small camp in the outskirts of Kabul city, Afghanistan, 20 December 2016. She had to flee Kunduz after her 5-year-old daughter and husband were killed when a …