Building with Earth. Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture - ISBN:3764374772

Building with Earth. Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture

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"Written in response to an increasing worldwide interest in building with earth, this handbook deals with earth as a building material, and provides a survey of all of its applications and construction techniques, including the relevant physical data, while explaining its specific qualities and the possibilities of optimising them. No theoretical treatise, however, can substitute for practical experience involving actually building with earth. The data and experiences and the specific realisations of earth construction
contained in this volume may be used as guidelines for a variety of construction processes and possible applications by engineers, architects, entrepreneurs, craftsmen and public policy-makers who find themselves attempting, either from desire or necessity, to come to terms with humanity’s oldest building material..."
CONTENT:
I The technology of earth building
1 Introduction
2 The properties of earth as a building material
3 Preparing of loam
4 Improving the earth’s characteristics by special treatment or additives
5 Rammed earthworks
6 Working with earthen blocks
7 Large blocks and prefabricated panels
8 Direct forming with wet loam
9 Wet loam infill in skeleton structures
10 Tamped, poured or pumped lightweight loam
11 Loam plasters
12 Weather protection of loam surfaces
13 Repair of loam components
14 Designs of particular building elements
15 Earthquake-resistant building
II Built examples
Residences
Two semi-deatched houses, Kassel, Germany
Residence cum office, Kassel, Germany
Farmhouse, Wazipur, India
Honey House at Moab, Utah, USA
Three-family house, Stein on the Rhine,
Switzerland
Residence, La Paz, Bolivia
Residence, Turku, Finland
Residence and studio at Gallina Canyon,
New Mexico, USA
Residence at Des Montes, near Taos,
New Mexico, USA
Casita Nuaanarpoq at Taos, New Mexico, USA
Residence and office at Bowen Mountain,
New South Wales, Australia
Vineyard Residence at Mornington Peninsula,
Victoria, Australia
Residence, Helensville, New Zealand
Residence, Sao Francisco Xavier, Brazil
Cultural, Educational and Sacral Buildings
Panafrican Institute for Development, Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso
Office building, New Delhi, India
School at Solvig, Jarna, Sweden
Kindergarten, Sorsum, Germany
Cultural Centre, La Paz, Bolivia
Mosque, Wabern, Germany
Druk White Lotus School, Ladakh, India
Mii amo Spa at Sedona, Arizona, USA
Tourist resort at Baird Bay, Eyre Peninsula,
South Australia
Charles Sturt University at Thurgoona,
New South Wales, Australia
Youth Centre at Spandau, Berlin, Germany
Chapel of Reconciliation, Berlin, Germany
Center of Gravity Foundation Hall at Jemez Springs,
New Mexico, USA
Future prospects

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