Raw Earth as a Construction Material
Jurriaan van Stigt, Pietro Degli Esposti, Tea Kufrin
LEVS architecten, January 2021

Paperback | 5-3/4 x 8-1/4 inches | 302 pages | English | ISBN: 978-9082694925 | 30?

ARCHITECT'S DESCRIPTION:
There is a big library with a lot of books on building with earth, rammed earth, building techniques etc. A lot of them are in French, some of them are English. Most of these publications are quite technical and based on European/Western standards and way of building and conceiving the built environment. The idea of the book is simple: to spread the knowledge of building with raw earth and with CEBs in a direct and understandable way. The main message is: ?Learning by doing?.
One of the first barriers in the use of earth is its negative connotation as a poor building material which must be refurbished after a short time. Over the last decades, CEBs technology has seen continuous substantial improvements. Thanks to this, today it is possible to demonstrate the grand potential of raw earth as a construction material and to allow more and more people to start building effectively with it. I believe that building with CEBs is a way to go today and for the future and this publication is just the start. I hope this book will be a useful tool for generations of students, architects, builders and any person dreaming of a better way of building and living in our environment. ? Jurriaan van Stigt
dDAB COMMENTARY:
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