Thesis Simone Franzin
Sustainable Architecture by Gernot Mink - The earth as a building material -
The July 24 Faculty of Engineering of Padua was presented an interesting thesis is that graduated in particular the technique of building with unfired earth.
The paper presented by Laura Simon Franzini, which can be found in Annex seeks to highlight the study and the works that comprise the life span of the architect Gernot Minke.
Minke's work is represented in the course of the thesis as one of the most relevant experience, although not exclusively, on the construction techniques that it uses the earth as raw material.
At a time like this where there is much still to be studied and developed to make it economically and ecologically Sustainable our homes, we find that the technique of the oldest land to build their houses with mud, can give answers to requests for savings, energy consumption etc.
Complete thesis in PDF (c heald here and wait for opening pdf file)
