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The Snails
I was collaborating in the construction of this earthed-sack building.
It consists of very long sacks filled with hearth and then rammed to build a false vault. It is very important to check the right distance very often when adding a new layer to build an almost perfect circle.
The building system is very time consuming, there are a few hundreds of tonnes of earth in that building, but the results are magnificent.
The use of buttresses is a must because the forces acting on the walls are huge.
The name of the project is called "Els Cargolins", the Snails.
Project
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