Scalable Equals Sustainable: The Infrastructural Imperative of Earthen Construction

Abstract

Building with earth seems a sensible ambition in our troubled climatic times. A fundamental problem, though, is being able to make larger, more complex structures from earth without jettisoning its unique sustainable and artisan qualities at the domestic and sub-domestic scales. Architecture and robotics specialist and co-founder of EZCT Architecture & Design Research Jelle Feringa considers the concepts and issues involved.