We were invited to build a demonstration wall inside the Lighthouse Sustainable Building Center in Vancouver. The idea was to build a small wall as a display to educate and show people an example of rammed earth. We built a wall that was 4′ high and 4′ long due to space constraints, people just need to imagine it as full height to get the idea of what the walls are like in a house, if they haven’t seen one yet.
Wall forms set up and ready to go.
We set up in the back alley, here the guys are stirring the pigment into the mix.
Mixing is almost done.
The mix is ready to go.
John ramming.
Amanda admires the colour and sun shining onto the poured cap just after we had finished.
Removing the forms the next morning. The blurriness of the pic is from moving so fast because we were excited to see the finished wall. =)
Clifton and Rama on opening night. The wall was a big hit, lot’s of interest and questions from the guests.