Guide – Design and Build with Wattle-and-Daub and Light Earth

Design and Build with Wattle-and-Daub and Light Earth

3rd – 28th July 2017

Design and Build with Wattle-and-Daub and Light Earth, a four weeks workshop in Casaprota, a town of 740 inhabitants in the inner Sabina region, Italy. During the workshop we colonized an abandoned concrete-skeleton using natural building techniques and aiming at revitalising it as a venue for community gatherings and small events.

Quincha, the Latin- American name for wattle-and-daub structures is a building technique from the Andean region. Light Earth has been developed in northern Europe as an infill for timber frame constructions. In recent years systematic studies have turned it into a technically appropriate solution for contemporary architecture. Both techniques use timber frames as bearing elements and can be considered as light structures, which makes them interesting for areas with a high risk of earthquakes like the hilly Apennines strip of central Italy.

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