Colocado por: Célia ReinaAlguém sabe dizer se isso é verdade?
Colocado por: DOGMAMas a taipa existe há muito por cá.
Colocado por: valtoresmas estas casas de terra são alguma coisa de jeito para se morar a tempo inteiro? Não derretem com a chuva??
1) Do these buildings work in wet and/or cold climates?
Although generally and historically associated with arid, desert climates, earth architecture and specifically super-adobe construction is as suited to cold and wet climates as any other type of construction. With regard to water issues it is necessary to properly waterproof the building and this is achieved in a multi-elemental approach which is discussed and demonstrated in detail during our workshops and training sessions. The question of water is not so much how do we protect the building from water but rather how do we harvest the resource of water from the building!
With regard to cold temperatures there are a variety of approaches which can be employed so as to maximize the heat energy used to make the building comfortable and then to retain that heat energy — regardless of the source of that energy — once captured in the walls and mass of the building. With earth architecture you are not heating the air; you are heating the walls and slab. Through insulating the exterior of the building the heat energy is captured inside the building just as the heat energy inside a car is captured when the car windows and doors are sealed shut. This topic is also covered in our workshop sessions.