Pisé – Hybrid Constructions - Tradition and Potential

The follow-up volume to Pisé – Rammed Earth continues the application-based analysis and presentation of building with natural materials. Instead of investigating rammed earth structures, Hybrid Constructions describes construction with different earth building methods, also in combination with other materials. Based on an analysis of historical structures in Morocco, Southern and Central Europe, the book provides the knowledge required for current applications of hybrid earth construction – not only in terms of structure but also with regard to maintaining a comfortable indoor climate.

Projects conducted by students at EPFL Lausanne, TU Munich and ETH Zurich demonstrate what this can look like. In addition to this, structures such as the kiln tower in Cham, built with prestressed rammed earth, or the Hortus project in Basel – a timber building with a hybrid earth/timber ceiling structure – show how projects of this kind can be successfully put into practice.

ISBN : 978-3-03863-096-8