After successful completion of the course, students are able to analyse the various earth building techniques (clay brick, cob, rammed earth, infill techniques, earth loaf building, etc.) that have established themselves worldwide in their regional context and compare them on a meta-level. The students learn to understand the development of the individual earth building techniques, which often developed independently of each other in distant regions, depending on the available source material as well as climatic and craft conditions. Since the industrial revolution, earth from building materials has been pushed back worldwide and replaced by other materials. For ecological reasons (climate change, scarcity of resources, healthy indoor climate, etc.) it is time to pay new attention to earth building. The aim of the seminar is to create a new awareness both of the value of historical loam buildings and the potential of new earthen structures.
Various earth building cultures worldwide are presented in lectures and the different earth building techniques are explained. The students collect clay samples and analyze them (falling ball sample, smell sample, settling sample, etc.). Various earth building techniques of specific cultures are then examined and physically implemented in earth models.
Literature research, experimental handling of clay, production of earthen models, analysis
COURSES
Time: every Thursday from 15:00 - 17:00Location: baugeschichte::bauforschung, Gußhausstraße 28, 1st floor
The seminar can only be attended by participants of the "Module Clay Building".Compulsory attendance!
07.3. introduction + explanation of the task
14.3. lectures - discussion
21.3. lectures - discussion
Easter vacation
11.4. lecture - supervision
18.4. lecture - supervision
25.4. presentation
02.5. presentation
Attendance, analysis of clay samples, construction of a clay model, written documentation, final presentation
