From Field to Form: Making with Earth

Structures built with raw earth and no cement or synthetic stabilizers have the potential to minimize embodied energy and climate-change impacts. Earthen building processes—contemporary versions of ancient knowledge—are promising components of climate-friendly design that require further exploration and demonstration.

Organized by Lola Ben-Alon of Columbia University GSAPP’s Natural Materials Lab with the support of 1014 and The Architectural League, this program gathers design practitioners, educators, policy advocates, and material scientists to explore the possibilities of earthen materials.

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