Keeping the Costs Down
One of the challenges facing the popularization of rammed earth is it’s installed cost. It’s ironic that what might be viewed as a free raw material has evolved into an expensive finished product. In the past, probably the greatest appeal to building with rammed earth was its low cost.
What is Rammed Earth?
Rammed earth is a structural wall system built of natural mineral soils compacted in thin layers within sturdy formwork. The strength and durability of the wall results from the densification of a clay, sand, and gravel matrix. The mass of the wall provides superior thermal and acoustic properties.
Examples of projects that are currently being built :
Jack and Juliet’s House
Terra’s House
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R WB26
2-color coarse rammed earth.
S KK21
Decomposed granite sample tablet.
P HR37
Poured capital against pise wall.
R WB27
Detail at corner, rammed earth.
R WB28
Corner of curving wall, rammed earth.
R BL28
Vines on 15-yr old rammed earth garden wall.
R BI25
2-color stratified rammed earth.
S HR13
Aged pise formed face.
P HR34
Rust stains on poured exterior column.
R PD30
Stainless signage on entry wall.
S HR 12
Double-shot pise
P HR32
Lichen on poured pool coping
P NC35
Rock pocket in sample tablet.
R BI29
Rust stains on entry column.
R LV25
3-color stratified rammed earth.
R MK27
Sandblasted pise.
P HR39
Fire-brick and coping stones.
R WB27
Slip-plane_stratification rammed earth.
R HR22
Rammed garden wall.
S MK15
Pise sample tablet.