Over the past two centuries, the development model was characterized by high consumption of energy and consequently by high levels of pollution and environmental damage. Recent considerations of eco-social-economic character have induced to debate this development model in favour of a low environmental impact and sustainable development. In the field of construction, this has resulted in an increasing interest in natural and eco-friendly building materials. Earth is a traditional building material used all over the world. Its use is founded on cultural and architectural traditions that have developed over the centuries. The potential of earth as a building material is therefore interesting from an environmental point of view: in fact it responds very well to the request for sustainability because it is natural, healthy, easily accessible and renewable. For these reasons in recent years earth has been rediscovered as a modern building materials and many studies have been done on it. The Department of Costruzioni and Restauro of the University of Florence has undertaken an experimental study whose objective is to improve the physical and mechanical properties of earth. Particular attention has been paid to assessing the effects that the addition of stabilizing substances would have on such material. The aim is that the performances of the material earth can be increased to be comparable with those of other commonly used building materials such as stone, wood and concrete. The material has been stabilized with eco-friendly and biodegradable additives. In particular, stabilization with gypsum powder has been studied. Reinforcements have also been developed with various natural fibres which are able to adhere to the earth. Here the results of this experimental study will be presented and compared.

Earth building material: stabilization and reinforcement / S.Briccoli Bati; E.Cinquina. - STAMPA. - (2011), pp. 231-237. (Intervento presentato al convegno TerrAsia 2011 - 2011 International Conference on earthen architecture in Asia).

Earth building material: stabilization and reinforcement

BRICCOLI BATI, SILVIA;
2011

Abstract

Over the past two centuries, the development model was characterized by high consumption of energy and consequently by high levels of pollution and environmental damage. Recent considerations of eco-social-economic character have induced to debate this development model in favour of a low environmental impact and sustainable development. In the field of construction, this has resulted in an increasing interest in natural and eco-friendly building materials. Earth is a traditional building material used all over the world. Its use is founded on cultural and architectural traditions that have developed over the centuries. The potential of earth as a building material is therefore interesting from an environmental point of view: in fact it responds very well to the request for sustainability because it is natural, healthy, easily accessible and renewable. For these reasons in recent years earth has been rediscovered as a modern building materials and many studies have been done on it. The Department of Costruzioni and Restauro of the University of Florence has undertaken an experimental study whose objective is to improve the physical and mechanical properties of earth. Particular attention has been paid to assessing the effects that the addition of stabilizing substances would have on such material. The aim is that the performances of the material earth can be increased to be comparable with those of other commonly used building materials such as stone, wood and concrete. The material has been stabilized with eco-friendly and biodegradable additives. In particular, stabilization with gypsum powder has been studied. Reinforcements have also been developed with various natural fibres which are able to adhere to the earth. Here the results of this experimental study will be presented and compared.
2011
TerrAsia 2011
TerrAsia 2011 - 2011 International Conference on earthen architecture in Asia
S.Briccoli Bati; E.Cinquina
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