Skip to content

Reimagining Earthen Materials (2024-09)

The New Era of Sustainable and Digital Construction

10.1002/ad.3097

 Jenny David,  Gramazio Fabio,  Kohler Matthias
Journal Article - Architectural Design, Vol. 94, Iss. 5, pp. 56-63

Abstract

Earthen buildings are ubiquitous throughout most of the world, and are still being constructed today. However, in the wake of our greater understanding of climate change, this historic architectural material is being seen and used in a new light, augmented by 21st-century robotic dexterity. Guest-Editor of this AD David Jenny, and Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Kohler, co-founders of the architecture and design group Gramazio Kohler Research at ETH Zurich, discuss some of their recent achievements in this respect.

0 References

1 Citations

  1. Jenny David, Cutajar Sacha, Chan Yen-Fen, Jenny Ercan et al. (2026-01)
    Earth-to-Earth:
    Ultra-Thin 3D-Printed Clay Formwork for in-Situ Earth-Casting

BibTeX 
@article{jenn_gram_kohl.2024.REM,
  author            = "David Jenny and Fabio Gramazio and Matthias Daniel Kohler",
  title             = "Reimagining Earthen Materials: The New Era of Sustainable and Digital Construction",
  doi               = "10.1002/ad.3097",
  year              = "2024",
  journal           = "Architectural Design",
  volume            = "94",
  number            = "5",
  pages             = "56--63",
}
Formatted Citation

D. Jenny, F. Gramazio and M. D. Kohler, “Reimagining Earthen Materials: The New Era of Sustainable and Digital Construction”, Architectural Design, vol. 94, no. 5, pp. 56–63, 2024, doi: 10.1002/ad.3097.

Jenny, David, Fabio Gramazio, and Matthias Daniel Kohler. “Reimagining Earthen Materials: The New Era of Sustainable and Digital Construction”. Architectural Design 94, no. 5 (2024): 56–63. https://doi.org/10.1002/ad.3097.