The firm built the 645-square-foot home in Cuetzalan del Progreso, a town south of Puebla.
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This low-cost bamboo home can be built in just a few days — no professional builders required
Mexican studio Comunal Taller de Arquitectura designed this low-cost home from bamboo, wood, and stone.
With the help of a small, local construction crew, the low-cost house went up in under a week.
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It consists of a prefabricated bamboo frame.
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The walls and window shutters are made of bamboo panels coated with ixtle, a native plant fiber that's commonly used to make coffee sacks. The floors are made of stone.
The firm sourced the home's bamboo from the United States due to a new regulation prohibiting construction projects that use local bamboo from Mexico.
Some of the walls have red brick lattices. The gaps help air naturally circulate throughout the house, and allow smoke from the kitchen to escape.
In the center, there's a communal area. A hallway leads to two bedrooms.
According to the architects, the house represents a promising model of affordable housing for the region, since it can be built easily and quickly by residents.
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