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Rammed earth construction with granitic residual soils : the case study of nort...
Silva, Rui André Martins da; Oliveira, Daniel V.; Miranda, Tiago F. S.; Cristelo, Nuno; Escobar, Maria C.; Soares, EdgarBuilding in unstabilised rammed earth results in low environmental impact. However, northern Portugal has not historical tradition with this technique, and thus the suitability of the local granitic residual soils is unknown. This paper presents an experimental investigation, where this possibility is assessed. The results showed that these soils are unsuitable, and that rammed earth construction is only feasib...
Rammed earth : feasibility of a global concept applied locally
Silva, Rui André Martins da; Oliveira, Daniel V.; Miranda, Tiago F. S.; Escobar, Maria C.; Cristelo, NunoRammed earth is an ancient building technique that has been continuously reinvented in the dynamic movement of people all over the world, where it has been used to build from dwellings to enormous fortresses and city walls. In the particular case of Portugal, the inhabitants have been closely related to earth construction. From one region to another, rammed earth, adobe and wattle-and-daub buildings are frequen...
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