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- Title
TRENDS IN THE TECHNIQUES OF DESIGN AND BUILDING TRADITIONAL EARTH HOUSES.
- Authors
CIORUŢA, BOGDAN
- Abstract
Down through the ages, people have been using raw earth for building their living spaces. Earth as a building material comes in a thousand different compositions, and can be variously processed. Loam or clayey soil, as it is referred to scientifically, has different names when used in various applications, for instance rammed earth, soil blocks, mud bricks or adobe. In the present paper we will try to highlight the great variety of forms that clothe lifting technique as the foundation of traditional houses with land, material of construction primoldial and most durable shelters. Thus, according to the ecological buildings literature, we analyse the most important aspects concerning the earthen architecture, focusing, in particular, on the soil suitability according to the techniques imvolved.
- Subjects
EARTH houses -- Design &; construction; EARTH construction; VERNACULAR architecture; SUSTAINABLE development; CLAY soils
- Publication
Scientific Bulletin Series C: Fascicle Mechanics, Tribology, Machine Manufacturing Technology, 2016, Vol 2016, Issue 30, p21
- ISSN
1224-3264
- Publication type
Article