April 2020, Mai + Juli 2022
Getting in touch with earth
Earth is more than a building material for ecological interests. It is a material that appeals to our senses, perception, emotions and affection. In the collective imagination it has a very strong symbolic charge. Today, this building material is regaining a place in our building environment as a part of an ecological transition quest. This ancestral material, in which more than a third of the world‘s population still lives, is experiencing a contemporary renaissance through new construction experiences that combine aesthetic quality and technical innovation.
The aim of the module was to rediscover and experiment with earth construction techniques through an exploratory process of the constructive potential of earth and fibers as natural building materials, from material science to architectural design.
