Rammed earth buildings today are in a dynamic development process. While many parts of the world considered rammed earth buildings an exotic and inappropriate building material at the climax of the last century, it is now valued as a sustainable, affordable, and appropriate building material. The growing concern for sustainable buildings has brought about the exploitation of different materials by international organizations, governments, associations, and building planners, with rammed earth reigning among the many. International organizations, governments, associations, and building planners have constructed various residential and commercial buildings and structures around the globe in recent decades, using rammed earth. Countries of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the UK, etc., showcase some examples of residential and commercial buildings and structures constructed using rammed earth in recent decades. This study assesses the modern rammed earth construction practice in parts of the world based on sets of questions to some professionals in the local rammed earth construction industry (Hive Earth in the UK and Ghana), as well as exploration of different research of prominent organizations and architects (such as Dachverband Lehm e.V. German association of building, British Architect David Adjaye). The data collected is based on these technical areas: (i) the mode of construction and design quality of rammed earth; (ii) the pros and cons of rammed earth; (iii) the environmental satisfaction of rammed earth; (iv) the aesthetic characteristics of rammed earth. This study will, therefore, explore native cultural processes and traditions to establish the cultural characteristics and expertness of endogenous knowledge systems on which these traditions and processes are based. The lessons help define and promote sustainable design practices for more aesthetic realization.

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Cultural Characteristics of Rammed Earth Building Materials in Architectural Aesthetics

  • Kissi E. Neizer,
  • Khalil Ivan,
  • Wang Zonghui

摘要

Rammed earth buildings today are in a dynamic development process. While many parts of the world considered rammed earth buildings an exotic and inappropriate building material at the climax of the last century, it is now valued as a sustainable, affordable, and appropriate building material. The growing concern for sustainable buildings has brought about the exploitation of different materials by international organizations, governments, associations, and building planners, with rammed earth reigning among the many. International organizations, governments, associations, and building planners have constructed various residential and commercial buildings and structures around the globe in recent decades, using rammed earth. Countries of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the UK, etc., showcase some examples of residential and commercial buildings and structures constructed using rammed earth in recent decades. This study assesses the modern rammed earth construction practice in parts of the world based on sets of questions to some professionals in the local rammed earth construction industry (Hive Earth in the UK and Ghana), as well as exploration of different research of prominent organizations and architects (such as Dachverband Lehm e.V. German association of building, British Architect David Adjaye). The data collected is based on these technical areas: (i) the mode of construction and design quality of rammed earth; (ii) the pros and cons of rammed earth; (iii) the environmental satisfaction of rammed earth; (iv) the aesthetic characteristics of rammed earth. This study will, therefore, explore native cultural processes and traditions to establish the cultural characteristics and expertness of endogenous knowledge systems on which these traditions and processes are based. The lessons help define and promote sustainable design practices for more aesthetic realization.