Gallery - The Myth and Promise of Dirt Cheap Housing
"Rammed earth is one of the most labor intensive earthen construction processes of all because of the combination of heavy form erection, wall pounding, and the mixing and moving of large volumes of earth. But it's also one of the most beautiful looking due to it's sandstone-like appearance and large wall thicknesses."
Gallery - The Myth and Promise of Dirt Cheap Housing
"Rammed earth is one of the most labor intensive earthen construction processes of all because of the combination of heavy form erection, wall pounding, and the mixing and moving of large volumes of earth. But it's also one of the most beautiful looking due to it's sandstone-like appearance and large wall thicknesses."
Kirsha Kaechele // MONA Tasmania
Mona Heavy Metal Retaining Wall and Oyster Mausoleum. Project led by Ross Brewin and Kit Wise from MADA (Monash) and created by students. A rammed earth wall to represent the indigenous soils of Tasmania topped with crushed dolerite. Striations formed by recycled concrete, crushed oyster shells and black oxide. When the oysters used to filter the toxins from the Derwent River die they are encased in concrete or resin and inserted into the mausoleum wall. Photo Bo Wong // Design Satellite
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