build with rammed earth /

gap year

period: one month

construction in team

supervisor: Association Touraterre

project site: Bilia, Corse, France

        During one month, I experimented rammed earth building in Corsica. This workshop was organized by the association Touraterre. We helped a family to build their house made out of rammed earth. We practiced working with this material  from extraction of the earth directly on the site, to the removal of the formwork. Building with rammed earth is a long process, walls are raised layer by layer, but it's economically and climatically efficient.