As the initial construction of Dhamma Giri progressed through the winter of 1975–‘76, it became obvious, according to the number of incoming course applications, that the planned accommodation for meditators would probably prove inadequate. At that time, students could be housed in the four new 12-person dormitories, a converted warehouse and two old bungalows. Consequently, the management began investigating ways to provide more rooms at an affordable cost. One option was to build simple wattle and daub huts for about 50 students. After discussion with Goenkaji, a decision was made to proceed with this idea.