Construction Techniques

ADOBE - UNFIRED BRICK

Brick produced by hand or mechanically,
using molds

PISÉ - RAMMED EARTH

Earth compacted mechanically or by hand
with rammers inside formwork

COB

Mixture of straw and earth slip,
tamped inside formwork to create
a solid wall

TORCHIS - WATTLE AND DAUB

Mixture of earth and straw used as
infill for a load-bearing timber structure

CEB - COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCKS

Bricks obtained by compacting slightly moist earth
with mechanical or manual presses

BAUGE

Mixture of highly clayey earth and straw,
hand-molded without formwork and
stacked to build the masonry