🌱 Meet Yask Kulshreshtha: Founder of Muddled Studio 🏡🔬 A scientific researcher in sustainable construction materials, Yask's PhD thesis "Building affordable, durable, and desirable earthen houses" at TU Delft, Netherlands, tackles rural Indian housing challenges: affordability, durability, and desirability. 🇳🇱🌍 Join us as we bust mud-building myths and dive into the science behind it. 🏡🧐 

What You'll Learn: 

🌱 Science behind mud buildings 

🌱 Why mud buildings are better for your health 

🌱 Innovative Solutions to develop affordable, water-resistant earthen building materials. 

🌱 Explore the choice between cement and lime in sustainable construction materials and the role of stabilizers. 

00:00:00 - Intro 

00:01:40 - Background 

00:04:47 - Backpacking trip through Rural India and perception of mud houses 

00:07:12 - Biggest misconceptions around the Earth building 

00:13:34 - Breathability of mud buildings 

00:16:20 - Why choose to research mud? What is your thesis about? 

00:19:14 - Cement vs Lime and Stabilizers for CSEB (Compressed Stabilised Earth Blocks) 

00:24:43 - Cow dung as a stabilizer and its water resistance 

00:31:12 - Should you do a master's or Ph.D. in the Netherlands? What brings you back to India? 00:38:48 - Vision for the future?


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