Tokri Ghonsla

Cute little mushroom shaped house straight out of the Lord of Rings with an entire jungle that changes with the changing seasons growing on the rooftop. The entrance features lotus petals on the arch above the door that is inspired by Fibonacci. The house has a beautiful earthen floor that is best to be experienced barefoot. Behind the door is a beautiful tree that we salvaged after it was uprooted and converted it into a stylish table and coat hanger. A cozy sofa sits next to the mud fire place which itself serves as a seat to read a book while keeping your bottoms warm. You can convert this sofa into a bed. The flight of submarine stairs lead up to a cob nest, perfect for cozying up with your partner.

The round love seat next to the entrance is made for curling in with your favorite book and a cup of hot coffee with your partner or solo. Coffee table next to the seat has a lamp sculpted out of mud and a heart shaped nook underneath.

The dome shaped bathroom right across the front lawn is great for a hot shower – with your partner perhaps?

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Making of Tokri Ghonsla

Tokri Ghosla at Geeli Mitti Centre of Excellence is a cozy mushroom shaped wattle and daub hobbit house with a light clay slip straw insulation, living roof, earthen floor, mud fireplace, submarine steps, hand sculpted mud lamp and dome shaped bathroom.

03 Days

Foundation & Plinth

The house has no foundation. Instead, it sits on a plinth 1.5 feet deep made out of dry stone masonry.

30 Days

Wall

Room walls are built using Wattle and Daub with adobe insulation of light clay slip straw. The bathroom is done using a mix of clay, site soil and straw.

Tokri Ghosla at Geeli Mitti Centre of Excellence is a cozy mushroom shaped wattle and daub hobbit house with a light clay slip straw insulation, living roof, earthen floor, mud fireplace, submarine steps, hand sculpted mud lamp and dome shaped bathroom.

07 Days

Plaster

Plaster in the room is a mix of clay, site soil, sand and washed horse dung. The bathroom is sealed with linseed oil and beeswax.

07 Days

Doors & Windows

The shutter is a custom MS floral pattern with glass attached to a Eucalyptus wooden frame.

Tokri Ghosla at Geeli Mitti Centre of Excellence is a cozy mushroom shaped wattle and daub hobbit house with a light clay slip straw insulation, living roof, earthen floor, mud fireplace, submarine steps, hand sculpted mud lamp and dome shaped bathroom.

07 Days

Roof

Dome shaped living roof with perennial floral ecosystem which changes with the season.

45 Days

Flooring

Fermented earthen mix of clay, sand, cow dung and horse dung, sealed with linseed oil and beeswax. Inside the bathroom, we have slate flooring with cement mortar.

Glimpses of Ghonsla

Wattle & Daub Homes Around the World

Tokri Ghosla at Geeli Mitti Centre of Excellence is a cozy mushroom shaped wattle and daub hobbit house with a light clay slip straw insulation, living roof, earthen floor, mud fireplace, submarine steps, hand sculpted mud lamp and dome shaped bathroom.

In the Middle Ages

a fairly inexpensive way to build homes from the early Middle Ages to the Renaissance.
Tokri Ghosla at Geeli Mitti Centre of Excellence is a cozy mushroom shaped wattle and daub hobbit house with a light clay slip straw insulation, living roof, earthen floor, mud fireplace, submarine steps, hand sculpted mud lamp and dome shaped bathroom.

In Sri Lanka

Traditional wattle and daub homes of SriLankan tribes since the Stone Age.
Tokri Ghosla at Geeli Mitti Centre of Excellence is a cozy mushroom shaped wattle and daub hobbit house with a light clay slip straw insulation, living roof, earthen floor, mud fireplace, submarine steps, hand sculpted mud lamp and dome shaped bathroom.

by Thannal

Creating magical cottage at Sukrushi organic farm Nelamangala, Bangalore.
Tokri Ghosla at Geeli Mitti Centre of Excellence is a cozy mushroom shaped wattle and daub hobbit house with a light clay slip straw insulation, living roof, earthen floor, mud fireplace, submarine steps, hand sculpted mud lamp and dome shaped bathroom.

by Brice Mathey

An artist from France who decided to work with the living world.
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