Save this picture! Kindergarten Zimbabwe / Studio Anna Heringer. Because it is flexible, organic shapes can be easily achieved, as is the case with The Nest, by Porky Hefer Design, in which the material surrounds the roofs and most of the walls. But this does not mean that the material restricts the designers' creativity. Roofs with a steeper slope will make the water run faster, preventing potential infiltration problems.
The roof is mounted from the bottom up and the top is where more care must be taken and more maintenance must be done, as it is a weak point for water infiltration. These are grouped and interwoven with a certain tension to form a surface, which through successive overlaps becomes impermeable and almost impenetrable to rodents and pests. Thatched roofing is a traditional method that involves using dry fibers such as straw, reeds, palm trees and other natural fibers to create a roof covering. There are indications of their use in the Aztec empires and in the first buildings of what we now call Europe, as well as research on its use in Europe, the UK and Mexico, among many others.
However, researchers point out that the thatched structures date from the time when humans stopped being nomads and dedicated themselves to agriculture. As it is a natural and biodegradable material, there are very few traces of its use in old constructions, unlike stone structures or even rudimentary cements, for example. Researching the history of the use of thatched roofing is quite challenging. Save this picture! Wadden Sea Centre / Dorte Mandrup A/S.
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