One of our students has a house under construction in Thailand. Yes, stabilized rammed earth is great for tropical climates: Rain, hurricanes, termites, heat etc are no problem. We have a few pictures to share of this project with more to come hopefully soon.

The formwork

This project in being rammed manually. The tamper head has been made to fit the corners of the forms.

Hopefully these walls inspire more people to build with rammed earth in Thailand.

Beautiful layers, changing the tones of the rammed earth by each layer can have a wonderful effect.

The big chamfer on the wall is a nice window detail.

The wall in the foreground has just been completed, it is still wet and that is why it is darker than the other walls. 3 walls are up…looking forward to more.

We held several successful workshops in 2010 and these are just some of the pictures.

This is a little over half of our crew from the 1st rammed earth workshop on the Plum Walls. Starting from left to right: Mahatama, Mona, Chris, Clifton, Yamuna, Peter.

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David, Paul and Gabo are placing the fabric for the footing.

Paul is tying steel, there was so much tying to do he became quite expert at it.

Diego “el maestro” jajaja.. Diego is an experienced rammed earth builder from Columbia, he came to learn of the different techniques we use so he can apply them to his new projects.

Lot’s of shovelling, enough for everyone!

Zoltan tamping.

Andreas is an architect from Columbia who now lives in Canada. He wants to bring this technique back home to do some meaningful projects.

Gabo trowels the cap. Gabo, who is also an architect. Is planning to apply his new skills in Mexico.

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Paul shovels.

A sunflower impression for the forms.

A 6′ tall sunflower raised off a rammed earth wall is a beautiful thing!