Keywords
rammed earth
adobe
mudbrick
quincha
wattle anddaub
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Building
adobe - Research
Building materials - Research
Bahareque
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Abstract
The ways of using earth to build have points of contact withother systems and techniques such as bricks, stone and reinforcedconcrete. However, as the uses of natural materials are scarcelyknown, we intend to put forward some explanations in this article.Earth has been present in Architecture since the first human buildingmanifestations and occurs in almost any region of warm ortemperate climate and is less present in cold weather places. Thematerials available and the form of expression of different culturesgave raise to a variety of building techniques that use only earth orcombine it with other animal, vegetal or mineral materials. Takingall these varieties, the majority of which is still in use, it is possibleto make a general classification that allows us to explore its characteristics,advantages and inconveniences. For such purpose, wehave divided these kinds of construction into three groups: rammedearth, wattle and daub and brickwork. Therefore, we will analyzethese systems according to the three mentioned groups, addingsome other applications of earth either as the main componentor as a complement of other materials. We will look over the mainadvantages and inconveniences of earth architecture in each ofthe systems. At the end we include a basic bibliography to enhancefurther knowledge of the theme.Apuntes is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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