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Estudio de Caso: Casas Este y Oeste

East House and West House are two single-family dwellings, each roughly 70m2 in floor area with an additional semi-enclosed porch area of a further 70m2. They are located in a small village in eastern Cantabria. They were built during 2015-18, with a low cost and low environmental impact, using principally local and natural materials and volunteer labour. Both houses have a timber frame built with locally sourced eucalyptus timber, harvested less than 2km from the… Leer más »Estudio de Caso: Casas Este y Oeste

La madera como material de construcción sostenible

Wood is an abundant natural material that’s widely used in both traditional and innovative ways. It can be used in almost every part of the building, from foundation piles to roofing, floors to structural members to wall cladding. Wood has been used in building for thousands of years, especially in regions of the world that have abundant forests. See, for example:  the medieval stave churches of Norway: the temple architecture of Japan, including the world’s… Leer más »La madera como material de construcción sostenible

Introducción a los materiales de construcción naturales y reciclados

More sustainable construction materials include those obtained from natural sources, such as the rammed-earth walls of this building in Nepal (above), as well as recycled materials, like the doors used to clad this 10-storey block in South Korea. Well into the twentieth century, the vast majority of buildings in the world continued to be built by hand using mainly natural materials obtained locally, such as earth, stone, wood, and grass. It wasn’t until the late… Leer más »Introducción a los materiales de construcción naturales y reciclados

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