Hetaoping Village is about 60 kilometers away from Miyi County. It takes about 1.5 hours to travel between the two places on car. Local villagers are Baipo Yi minority and all speak the Yi language. Their lives are mostly simple and harmonious. The village primarily produces tobacco, green pepper, pepper and walnut. There are also pig and chicken farms. Not many of them work outside the village.

The team was invited by the Miyi County Construction Bureau to construct new demonstration houses for a group of 7 households in the village. The villagers attended artisan training at 1U1V Earth Building Research Centre in Kunming for a week.

Collaborating Partner：Tongji University & Kunming University of Science and Technology

Investigation
Design
Construction

Aug 2018 - 1st Investigation Trip

In mid-August, the team investigated and learned about the villagers’ livelihood. Seven farm houses have been selected for the rebuilding project. Designs will be drafted according to each household’s situation and needs. Please click here to see the relevant work report (in Chinese version only)

Master Plan:

Design layout for each household:

Sep 2019

The households gradually move into their houses right after the project completion in Sep.

Jul 2019

Roof top construction was completed in July. The interior work will follow. The whole project is expected to complete in August. Please click here to see the relevant work report (Chinese version only).

Apr 2019

Roof top construction work started once the wall construction was completed in April.

Nov 2018

Earth wall building work and on-site training was conducted since November.

Oct 2018

After several revision on design layout plans, the structural design was finally confirmed in September. Line marking work started in Oct right after the completion of foundation work.