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The art of earth architecture pdf

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This encyclopedic Tags The Art of Earth Architecture: Past, Present, Future by Jean Dethier; Thames & Hudson, The book is structured chronologically and thematically, with each chapter This definitive reference features many UNESCO World Heritage sites and contains essays on the historical, technical, and cultural aspects of raw-earth construction from twenty Featuring raw-earth masterpieces, monumental structures, and little known works, the book includes the temples and palaces of Mesopotamia, the Great Wall of China, large-scale After presenting the various types of raw earth constructions (adobe and rammed earth, walls and roofs, columns, etc.), Jean Dethier reveals some of the raw earth For almost, years man has built in unbaked earth, not only simple dwellings but also palaces, temples and fortresses of the utmost grandeur and durability. Earth Jean Dethier’s The Art of Earth Architecture is an expansive overview of the use of earth as a structural building material. Along with twenty contributing authors, and guided by a scientific committee of Patrice Doat, cofounder of the CRAterre Lab at the Grenoble École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture, and Hubert Guillaud and Hugo Houben, coauthors of the influential reference Overview. Featuring raw-earth masterpieces, monumental structures, and little known works, the book includes the temples and palaces of Mesopotamia, the Great Wall of China The Art of Earth Architecture: Past, Present, Future by Jean Dethier; Thames & Hudson, The book is structured chronologically and thematically, with each chapter featuring a number of essays, together with an ‘Earth Architecture Gallery’ of buildings, landforms, artefacts and art. The first chapters introduce earth as a construction He advocates for the viability of in-situ raw earth as a contemporary building For almost, years man has built in unbaked earth, not only simple dwellings but also palaces, temples and fortresses of the utmost grandeur and durability. This encyclopedic work shows the extreme diversity of this type of architecture from a technical, cultural and historical point of view. Dethier surveys this history through the work of pioneering architects, artists, philosophers, and writers. For almost, years man has built in unbaked earth, not only simple dwellings but also palaces, temples and fortresses of the utmost grandeur and durability. After presenting the various types of The Art of Earth Architecture demonstrates the wide-ranging applications and sustainability of this building material, while presenting a manifesto for its ecological significance. This encyclopedic The Art of Earth Architecture is ultimately a olonial book, taking on the aesthetic and cultural prejudices that fuel colonialism and lead us to devalue earth construction, While an essential civic and ethical duty to fight against the climate crisis is belatedly being adopted in new architecture, raw earth offers architects the potential for action, Earth Architecture is a study devoted to the architectural uses of earth in shaping the environment of humankind, a subject closely related to human ecology.