Building with earth - Gernot MINKE (1)

en members were totally destroyed by fungus
because the drying period of the wood
loam was more than one year.
Tamped, poured or pumped lightweight
mineral loam walls
10.6
Lightweight mineral loam can be tamped
into formwork like straw loam. But it can
also be poured or pumped if the consistency
is correct. It also absorbs less water
(therefore drying faster), exhibits less fungus
growth, greater dry strength, higher vapour
diffusion resistance and higher surface hardness
than straw loam and wood loam. Various
mineral lightweight aggregates are
described in chapter 4, p. 49.
10.8
10.3 Settlement of lightweight
straw loam
10.4 Cut-out from lightweight
straw loam wall
with rotted interior
10.5 Lightweight wood
loam wall, destroyed by
fungus
10.6 Ramming an earth
wall of loam and pumice,
Pujili, Ecuador
10.7 Shaping a window
sill using a machete
10.8 Mixing lightweight
mineral loam
10.9 Pouring lightweight
mineral loam
10.9
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Tamped lightweight loam