Building with earth could transform sustainable construction

Building with earth could transform sustainable construction

Imagine you are standing in front of a multimillion-pound building in the center of the French city, Lyon. It radiates warmth and history with its rammed earth structural walls. Two hundred miles away, a small house in the Beaucastel winery, Provence, shares a similar texture and aesthetic.

Building with earth could transform sustainable construction – here’s how

Imagine you are standing in front of a multimillion-pound building in the centre of the French city, Lyon. It radiates warmth and history with its rammed earth structural walls. Two hundred miles away, a small house in the Beaucastel winery, Provence, shares a similar texture and aesthetic. The soil used for both buildings was excavated earth that had been considered waste, leftover from the construction site or excavated from the nearby area. …