Building with earth - Gernot MINKE (1)

14.5 14.6
14.4
ing the indoor air temperature, sufficient
loam for balancing the indoor air humidity
and sufficient noise insulation as well.
Designs E and F are for load-bearing walls,
while the others are not. The outer thermal
insulation panels, shown in G and H, can be
used as a lost formwork for pouring the
lightweight loam, while also acting as a
ground for the external lime plaster. The
simplest and best performing solutions are J
and K, which are formed with monolithic
low-density lightweight loam walls.
In climates prone to driving rain, designs
A to F are preferable because they have
separated outer leaves, which act as protection
from the weather.
Earth-filled tyre walls
A possible method of using hollow blocks
filled with lightweight loam for walls has
been described in chapter 10, p. 89. If the
insulation requirements are not very high,
these walls can be filled with plain clayey
soil.
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Designs of building elements