A man spent 60 days with a shovel digging a hole in the forest and converting it into an underground patio with a swimming pool
For two months, a man walked into the jungle every day with only one shovel. He was digging a massive hole the whole time, and when he was finished, he began renovating his interior into a courtyard with a real swimming pool. He documented the entire procedure.
Man has set himself the goal of rejecting modern tools and the mechanisation of labour from the outset. The biggest problem was the construction task, which required only rudimentary technologies and physical labour.
Construction began with a single shovel digging a massive hole and defining the future perimeter. The task was difficult since the forest bottom is clayey, and it took several weeks to complete.
However, dense soil has a disadvantage. It retains its shape effectively, and man took use of this property to begin treating the pit’s inner walls and give them the shape of architectural elements.
The fall gradually became a staircase, and decorative elements in the form of niches and columns formed in the walls.
Of course, the soil is likely to wash away rapidly after heavy rains, but throughout the dry season, the clay has shown to be quite useful for the operation.
After finishing the walls, the worker moved on to the pool. He kneaded an additional layer of clay to act as a waterproofing layer.
The water supply consisted of hollow bamboo stalks. The nearest brook was not far away, and the man carried water from it.
The building process was documented on video: for two months, a true oasis developed in the middle of the jungle. It’s difficult to imagine that no mechanised labour or resources were utilised to make it. The nature and archaic technologies provided everything.
