Alternative Construction: Contemporary Natural Building Methods - Paperback

by Lynne Elizabeth (Editor), Cassandra Adams (Editor)

Bei Standardbauprojekten kommen Materialien wie Stahl, Holz und Mauerwerk zum Einsatz. Alternative Bausysteme verwenden natürliche Baumaterialien wie z.B. Adobeziegel, Lehm, Bambus und Strohballen. Richtig eingesetzt sind diese natürlichen Materialien ebenso stabil und langlebig wie ihre traditionelleren Gegenstücke, jedoch ohne negativen Einflu auf die Umwelt. Dies ist das erste Buch auf dem Markt, das eine breite Vielfalt alternativer Bausysteme erschöpfend behandelt. Ein umfassender Leitfaden, der den neuen Trend der Ökobauweise sehr ausführlich diskutiert: Jedes Kapitel widmet sich einer spezifischen Baumethode und erörtert für jede Methode u.a. folgende Aspekte: kurze Geschichte, bio-regionale Eignung, Vorteile für die Umwelt, charakteristische Eigenschaften, Konstruktionstechniken, Anwendungen und Vorschriften. Mit über 100 Fotos zu Konstruktionsverfahren und fertigen Bauten sowie 70 Abbildungen zu Wandkonstruktionen. Die einzelnen Kapitel wurden von Experten der jeweiligen Baumethode verfa t, so z.B. das Kapitel über Adobeziegel von Michael Moquin, Herausgeber des "The Adobe Journal". Eine Pflichtlektüre für jeden Architekten, Bauunternehmer und Bauherren mit Umweltbewu tsein. (y05/00)

Front Jacket

The complete guide to selecting and using natural materials for building

Covering a broad range of options for natural building, Alternative Construction examines straw bale, light clay, cob, adobe, rammed earth and pisé, earthbag, earth-sheltered, bamboo, and hybrid systems for residential and low-rise commercial structures.

Over thirty well-known experts on each building system--including Athena Swentzell Steen and Bill Steen (coauthors of The Straw Bale House), David Easton (author of The Rammed Earth House), and Joseph Kennedy and Michael Smith (editor and author of The Art of Natural Building)--have contributed core chapters that explore the history, development, environmental benefits, and engineering and building code requirements for each method. More than 200 visuals depict both construction processes and completed structures, while an extensive resource guide shows where to go for further information, training, and research.

Editors Lynne Elizabeth and Cassandra Adams have provided, in the words of Environmental Building News, a terrific overview of various methods for building with earth, straw, and bamboo . . . Alternative Construction is an enlightening, sometimes fascinating, combination of voices.

Whether you're a designer, builder, or owner, this book will help you to combine indigenous building materials with modern construction systems to create low-impact, high-quality buildings that meet the highest levels of comfort, health, and safety.

Back Jacket

The complete guide to selecting and using natural materials for building

Covering a broad range of options for natural building, Alternative Construction examines straw bale, light clay, cob, adobe, rammed earth and pisé, earthbag, earth-sheltered, bamboo, and hybrid systems for residential and low-rise commercial structures.

Over thirty well-known experts on each building system--including Athena Swentzell Steen and Bill Steen (coauthors of The Straw Bale House), David Easton (author of The Rammed Earth House), and Joseph Kennedy and Michael Smith (editor and author of The Art of Natural Building)--have contributed core chapters that explore the history, development, environmental benefits, and engineering and building code requirements for each method. More than 200 visuals depict both construction processes and completed structures, while an extensive resource guide shows where to go for further information, training, and research.

Editors Lynne Elizabeth and Cassandra Adams have provided, in the words of Environmental Building News, "a terrific overview of various methods for building with earth, straw, and bamboo . . . Alternative Construction is an enlightening, sometimes fascinating, combination of voices."

Whether you're a designer, builder, or owner, this book will help you to combine indigenous building materials with modern construction systems to create low-impact, high-quality buildings that meet the highest levels of comfort, health, and safety.

Author Biography

LYNNE ELIZABETH is a consultant and author on sustainable community development and ecological design. She currently directs New Village Press, a publishing project of ADPSR, and resides in Temescal Commons, a solar-powered cohousing community in Oakland, California.

CASSANDRA ADAMS is an architect and consultant in construction management and ecological design. She has taught architecture, construction, and environmental courses at the University of Washington and the University of California-Berkeley.