Let's build a landfill!

How can we turn non-hazardous soil excavations into buildings?

Master thesis (2024)

Authors

L.C. Götze Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

S.H. Verkuijlen Architectural Technology - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
M.J. Smit Architectural Technology - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
E.J. van der Zaag Architectural Technology - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
S. Pietsch Situated Architecture - Architecture and the Built Environment (graduation committee member)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

19-06-2024

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

The currently mostly inefficient resource management neglects valuable existing stocks, and grey
energy and emissions contribute to a building sector misaligned with climate goals. Amid these
challenges, rammed earth, an ancient material, is experiencing a sustainable construction resurgence by transforming under-utilized non-hazardous soil excavations into a building material. However, traditional on-site fabrication is expensive and labor-intensive. The investigation of four already existing methods of prefabrication combined with requirements in sub-urban residential housing generates a strategy of how the use of the material can be scaled up considering aspects of efficiency, circularity, and aesthetics.