Mud building techniques have been around for thousands of years. Since before our recorded history, people have been using the earth to build with. That’s why I tell people that earth building techniques are nothing new. In fact, they are very ancient. Through history, earth architecture has traveled all around the world.
Rammed earth buildings are environment friendly and water, fire, and termite resistant. It is naturally sound- and mold-resistant. Thick earthen walls create a sense of solidity and security.
Earthbag building uses polypropylene rice bags or feed bags filled with soil or insulation that are stacked like masonry and tamped flat. Barbed wire between courses keeps bags from slipping.
If the blocks are stabilized with a chemical binder such as Portland cement they are called compressed stabilized earth blocks (CSEB) or stabilized earth blocks.
Straw-bale construction is a building method that uses bales of straw, commonly wheat, rice, rye & oats straw as structural elements, building insulation, or both.
Also known as cobb, is a easy to build technique with local building material that comprises subsoil, straw (or another fibrous organic material), water, and occasionally lime.
These are unfired, sun-dried building blocks, made of earth with a fairly high clay content and straw. If produced manually the earth mix is cast in open moulds onto the ground and then left to dry out.
