Rammed earth construction

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Soil from across Thailand was used to create the rammed-earth walls of Chonburi Multi-Purpose Building by Suphasidh Architects.

Research into an ancient building technique that uses rammed earth may help in more environmentally friendly building designs in the future.

Rammed earth is both a building method as well as a material. The rammed earth material is a combination of earth, gravel, silt, clay, and lime/cement as a stabilizer combined into a damp mix and is then rammed into forms in order to create a monolithic wall.Rammed earth construction has been around for many years, one of the most popular rammed earth walls in history is part of the great wall of china. Rammed earth construction isn't new, but it's going through a renaissance today. This…

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