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Summary
Summary
The first comprehensive guide to combining traditional natural materials and modern construction methods.
From adobe to straw bales, traditional building materials are being adapted to meet code-required standards for health and safety in contemporary buildings around the world. Not only are they cost effective and environmentally friendly, but, when used correctly, these natural alternatives match the strength and durability of many mainstream construction materials.
This book examines a broad range of traditional and modern natural construction methods, including straw-bale, light-clay, cob, adobe, rammed earth and pise, earthbag, earth-sheltered, bamboo, and hybrid systems. It also covers key ecological design principles, as well as current engineering and building code requirements.
Experts on each building system have contributed core chapters that explore the history, development, climatic appropriateness, environmental benefits, performance characteristics, construction techniques, and structural design principles for each method. More than 200 visuals depict both construction processes and completed structures. An extensive resource guide shows where to go for further information, training, and research.
In an increasingly resource-conscious era, alternative construction is truly an idea whose time has come. Whether you're an architect, designer, student, or homeowner, this book will help you to combine indigenous building materials with modern construction systems and design standards to create low-impact, high-quality buildings that meet the highest levels of comfort, health, and safety.
Author Notes
LYNNE ELIZABETH is a consultant and author on sustainable community development and ecological design. She currently directs New Village Press, a publishing project of ADPSR, and resides in Temescal Commons, a solar-powered cohousing community in Oakland, California.
CASSANDRA ADAMS is an architect and consultant in construction management and ecological design. She has taught architecture, construction, and environmental courses at the University of Washington and the University of California-Berkeley.
Table of Contents
ForewordBob Berkebile, FAIA and Sim Van der Ryn |
Preface |
Acknowledgments |
Part I Design Principles |
1 Introduction |
The Natural Building MovementLynne Elizabeth |
The Realities of Specifying Environmental Building MaterialsCassandra Adams |
2 A New Context for Building Codes and RegulationDavid Eisenberg |
3 Natural Conditioning of BuildingsKen Haggard and Polly Cooper and Jennifer Rennick with assistance from Phil Niles |
4 Structural Properties of Alternative Building MaterialsP.E. Bruce King |
Part II Systems And Materials |
5 AdobeMichael Moquin |
6 CobMichael Smith |
7 Rammed EarthDavid Easton |
8 Modular Contained Earth EarthbagJoseph Kennedy and Paulina Wojciechowska with special acknowledgment of the work of Nader Khalili |
Earth-Rammed TiresMichael Reynolds |
9 Light ClayRobert Laporte and Frank Andresen with special acknowledgment of the work of Franz Volhard |
10 Straw-BaleKelly Lerner and Bob Theis and Dan Smith |
11 BambooDarrel DeBoer and Karl Bareis |
12 Earthen Finishes Earth PlastersCarole Crews |
Earth FloorsBill and Athena Steen |
Part III Applications |
13 Integrated Systems with Rammed Earth Charles Sturt University, Thurgoona Campus, New South Wales, AustraliaMarci Webster-Mannison) |
14 Straw, Clay, and Carrizo Obregon Project, Northern MexicoBill and Athena Steen |
15 Light-Clay House Additions School/Residence in WisconsinLou Host-Jablonski, AIA |
16 Variations on Earth bag The Honey House_Moab, UtahKaki Hunter and Doni Kiffmeyer Residences in Arizona and Wisconsin (Dominic Howes) |
Sandbag House, Rum Cay Island, BahamasSteve Kemble and Carol Escott |
17 The Value of Indigenous Ways Habitat for Humanity InternationalC. Wayne Nelson |
18 Building Technology Transfer Raising Straw-Bale Housing for Farm workers in CaliforniaKelly Lerner and Dan Smith and Bob Theis |
Introduction of Straw-Bale Construction to Mongolia and ChinaKelly Lerner |
Epilogue |
Finding the Soul of Natural BuildingTom Bender |
Appendix ARecommended References |
Appendix BAlternative Construction Resource Centers |
About The Contributors |
Index |