Building with Earth

Gernot Minke

Published by Birkhäuser 2012

Building with Earth

Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture

Gernot Minke

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783034608725

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The successful manual on rammed earth

For a number of years, the healthy and environment-friendly building material earth, in common use for thousands of years, has been enjoying increasing popularity, including in industrialized nations. In hot dry and temperate climate zones, earth offers numerous advantages over other materials. Its particular texture and composition also holds great aesthetic appeal.

The second and revised edition of this handbook offers a practical systematic overview of the many uses of earth and techniques for processing it. Its properties and physical characteristics are described in informed and knowledgeable detail.

The author’s presentation reflects the rich and varied experiences gained over thirty years of building earth structures all over the world. Numerous photographs of construction sites and drawings show the concrete execution of earth architecture.

Prof. Dr. Gernot Minke is a professor at Universität Kassel, where he leads the Forschungslabor für Experimentelles Bauen. He has long concerned himself with developments in ecological building, and he has dealt with the building material clay in theory and practice since 1977. His book Building with Straw was also published by Birkhäuser.

Documentation of 30 international earth buildings
The characteristics of the building material earth and its applications in modern architecture

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Gernot Minke, Universität Kassel, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Content Publicly Available Download PDF	iv
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
1 Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2 The properties of earth as a building material Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
3 Preparing of loam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
4 Improving the earth’s characteristics by special treatment or additives Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
5 Rammed earthworks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
6 Working with earth blocks Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
7 Large blocks and prefabricated panels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	67
8 Direct forming with wet loam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
9 Wet loam infill in skeleton structures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
10 Tamped, poured or pumped lightweight loam Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
11 Loam plasters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
12 Weather protection of loam surfaces Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
13 Repair of loam components Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	106
14 Designs of particular building elements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
15 Earthquake-resistant building Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
16 Built examples Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
Cultural, Educational and Sacred Buildings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
Commercial and Hospitality Buildings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
Bibliographical references Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
Illustration credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Edition: 3rd rev. ed.
Audience: Professional/practitioner
Pages
- Main content: 208
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 236
- Coloured Illustrations: 100
Keywords: Lehm; Lehmbau

eBook

Published: December 21, 2012
ISBN: 9783034608725