Earth architecture / Ronald Rael.
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TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Princeton Architectural Press, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 208 p. : ill. (some col.)ISBN: - 9781568987675 (alk. paper)
- 1568987676 (alk. paper)
- 9781568989457
- 721.0442 RAE
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Dirt--as in clay gravel sand silt soil loam mud--is everywhere and it's free. The ground we walk on and grow crops in also just happens to be the most widely used building material on the planet.
Civilizations throughout time have used it to create stable warm low-impact structures. The world's first skyscrapers were built of mud brick. Paul Revere Chairman Mao and Ronald Reagan all lived in earth houses at various points in their lives and several of the buildings housing Donald Judd's priceless collection at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa Texas are made of mud brick.
Currently it is estimated that one half of the world's population--approximately three billion people on six continents--lives or works in buildings constructed of earth. And while the vast legacy of traditional and vernacular earthen construction has been widely discussed little attention has been paid to the contemporary tradition of earth architecture. Author Ronald Rael founder of Eartharchitecture.org provides a history of building with earth in the modern era focusing particularly on projects constructed in the last few decades that use rammed earth mud brick compressed earth cob and several other interesting techniques.Earth Architecture presents a selection of more than 40 projects that exemplify new creative uses of the oldest building material on the planet.
Rael's engaging narrative addresses the misconceptions associated with earth architecture. Many assume that it's only used for housing in poor rural areas--but there are examples of airports embassies hospitals museums and factories that are made of earth. It's also assumed that earth is a fragile ephemeral material while in reality some of the oldest extant buildings on the planet are made of earth. Rael also touches on many topics that pervade both architecture and popular media todaysuch as the ecological benefits and the politics of building with earth particularly in developing nations where earth buildings are often thought of as pre-modern or backward. With engaging discussion and more than 300 imagesEarth Architecture showcases the beauty and simplicity of one of humankind's most evolved and sophisticated building technologies.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 207).
Chapter 1. Rammed earth : Rammed earth houses / Jourda & Perraudin Partenaires ; Bowali Visitor Information Centre / Glenn Murcutt & Associates and Troppo Architects ; Low compound / Jones Studio ; Ooi House / Kerry Hill ; Palmer-Rose House / Rick Joy Architects ; Poll House, Margaret River / Gary Marinko Architects ; Thurgoona Campus of Charles Sturt University / Marci Webster-Mannison ; Chapel of Reconciliation / Reitermann and Sassenroth ; Mason's Bend Community Center / Rural Studio ; National Wine Centre / Grieve Gillette and Cox Architects ; Eden Project Visitor Centre / Grimshaw Architects ; Sihlhölzli Sports Facility storage sheds and chronometry tower / Roger Boltshauser Architekten ; Split House / Atelier FCJZ ; Cemetery extension and Chapel of Rest / Marte.Marte ; Center of Gravity Foundation Hall / Predock Frane Architects ; Residence at Meteor Vineyards / Cutler Anderson Architects ; Vineyard residence / John Wardle Architects ; Rosie Joe House / Design Build BLUFF ; Zousei Architecture / Manabu + Nez/Loco Architects ; Amankora Bhutan Resorts / Kerry Hill Architects ; Red Hill Residence / Christopherchris Architecture ; Back 40 House / Gallo Powell Consortium ; Nk'Mip Desert Interpretive Centre / Hotson Bakker Boniface Haden ; Residence 1 / Drachman Design-Build Coalition -- Chapter 2. Mud brick : La Luz Community / Antoine Predock Architect ; Matthews Residence / Will Bruder + Partners ; The Eco House / Arkitekt Sverre Fehn AS ; Camacho Residence / The Adobe Alliance ; Arrillhjere Demonstration House / Brendan J. Meney Architects ; Druk White Lotus School / Arup Associates ; Bodega en Los Robles / José Cruz Ovalle, Arquitecto ; Cocuy Pecayero Distillery / Rafael Mattar Neri, Arquitectos Asociados ; Casa Corralones / Mathias Klotz Arquitecto ; Prada Marfa / Elmgreen & Dragset ; Christine's House / Rural Studio -- Chapter 3. Compressed earth block : Villa Eila ; Kahere Eila Poultry Farming School / Heikkinen-Komonen Architects ; N3 / de Paor Architects ; Center for the Blind / Taller de Arquitectura Mauricio Rocha ; Primary School / Diébédo Francis Kéré -- Chapter 4. Molded earth : Baninajar Refugee Camp Housing / Nader Khalili ; Waldorf Kindergarten / Planungsbüro für Ökologisches Bauen Kassel ; House of earth and light / Marwan Al-Sayed Architects Ltd. ; Extension for the Charcoal Burner's Hut / Smiljan Radic ; Cobtun House / Associated Architects ; Peñalolén House / Sur Tierra Arquitectura ; Handmade school / Heringer-Roswag Cooperation -- Afterword: The future.