Japanese architects used earth for house walls

The decision to use the walls from the ground came to the architects of the Japanese studio ADX. The first project was implemented in the vicinity of Minamisoma.

The one-story house was equipped with trapezoidal earth walls. The excavated land remaining after the construction was compacted and reinforced with building materials. Installed near the house, becoming a support for part of the roof.

The principle of building sand castles worked here. The architects of the Japanese studio thought that children's games with sand and earth were quite applicable in construction.

The decision to use soil is also acceptable in the position of disposal of construction waste. The surplus soil that was dug for the foundation exceeded estimates.

The house, reinforced with a dirt wall, was designed for a client forced to leave his former home. The latter was destroyed by the 2011 earthquake in Japan.

At first, the architects used a dirt wall to apply to only one part of the house. Then we incorporated this innovation into the whole project.

The first building in which Japanese architects used trapezoidal walls made of soil was a veranda. It was decided to test the strength of the wall by installing a canopy. The structure has successfully coped with the load.

This is the first house of this type built by the architectural studio ADX. For a country with increased seismic activity, this is a fairly effective solution. Minimum costs, relatively quick construction procedure, acceptable appearance.

The authors of the project, as well as the customer, were pleased with the housing, in which the land became one of the building elements of the structure.

Recently it was reported about the first house printed on a 3D printer.