We just completed another successful workshop. It was a great group of people from far and wide. We were fortunate enough to have perfect weather too.
Making an end panel
Leveling the end panel
Placing the plywood
Shoveling into the form-work
Ramming with a pneumatic tamper
Putting up end panels for the second wall
More ramming
Form-work for the sunflower impression
Rammed earth sunflower
Rammed earth workshop class of spring 2013
One of our students has a house under construction in Thailand. Yes, stabilized rammed earth is great for tropical climates: Rain, hurricanes, termites, heat etc are no problem. We have a few pictures to share of this project with more to come hopefully soon.
The formwork
This project in being rammed manually. The tamper head has been made to fit the corners of the forms.
Hopefully these walls inspire more people to build with rammed earth in Thailand.
Beautiful layers, changing the tones of the rammed earth by each layer can have a wonderful effect.
The big chamfer on the wall is a nice window detail.
The wall in the foreground has just been completed, it is still wet and that is why it is darker than the other walls. 3 walls are up…looking forward to more.
