FARM TO BUILDING I
[ GSAPP | Summer workshop ]
LOCATION
Lamont Doherty Campus, New York
YEAR Summer 2022
ADVISOR(S) Dr Lola Ben Alon, Tommy Shaperkotter,
EXPERTS Sami Akkach, Loren Kastner
ROLE Part of the design and construction team
Keywords | Rammed earth, circular economy
YEAR Summer 2022
ADVISOR(S) Dr Lola Ben Alon, Tommy Shaperkotter,
EXPERTS Sami Akkach, Loren Kastner
ROLE Part of the design and construction team
Keywords | Rammed earth, circular economy
By implementing Farm to Building materials and techniques, this project investigated the notions of ecological extraction, human labour, and the footprint of construction materials. The team of students and instructors designed, detailed, documented, and constructed a rammed earth installation on the Lamont Doherty Campus of Columbia University.