ARCH418B

Earth structures have been a part of our architectural language for as long as we can trace human occupation. Sustainable by nature, beautiful and easily accessible for labor, this building technique has been on the rise in the last decades. This seminar will look at past and present earth construction techniques in order to propose potential future effects. Students will research construction methodologies from around the world with techniques including, but not limited to, sod, rammed earth and compressed stabilized earth blocks (CSEB). Students will project the possibilities and propose positive spatial effects through investigations of aberrant techniques and processes.