Projects
COMMUNITY CENTERTechnique: Superadobe + earth & gypsum plaster
Place: Zakho, Iraq Description: This community center was built inside the Berseve 2 refuge camp in the Kurdish part of Iraq. It was built for the Yazidi community which since 2014 is displaced and live in the tents inside of the camp. Vide Terra provided the consultacy for the design of the SuperAdobe wall, it was present in situ to train the members of the community and to direct the work of the wall construction and of the earth and gypsum plaster. Design: Chelsea Chan & Peter Hasdell. Sponsors: Habibi International & HIS Foundation. EARTH & BROOMTechnique: Superadobe + experimental broom thatching
Place: Calabria region, Italy Description: Earth dome waterproofed with an experimental broom roof. The dome has been realized during a superadobe earth dome workshop organized by Vide Terra and Cal-Earth Institute. The roof has been realized in collaboration with master thatcher Alan Jones (a leading expert in thatching) during a thatching workshop organized by Vide Terra. This is an experimental construction built during an R&D activity (promoted by Vide Terra and Progetto Paterno), the prototype aims at investigating the combination of earth domes with waterproof solutions which use local and invasive Mediterranean plants. SAUNA / WARM ROOMTechnique: Superadobe
Place: Piedmont, Italy Description: 2.1m internal diameter earth dome designed as a sauna or warm room. The dome has been realized during an superadobe earth dome workshop organized by Vide Terra and Cal-Earth Institute. The dome is plastered with cocciopesto. EARTH SHELTER FOR LAYING HENSTechnique: Superadobe
Place: Piedmont, Italy Description: 2m internal diameter earth dome designed as a shelter for laying hens. The reed roof made with local materials assures protection from the rain and an efficient thermic insulation for Summer and Winter. PARTIALLY UNDERGROUND DOMETechnique: Superadobe
Place: Abruzzo, Italy Description: 2m internal diameter earth dome. Internal height 2.20m. Half of this dome is built below ground. Designed to cool passively it functions as a small summer bedroom. Additionally to a side window the dome has a skylight the diffuses the light indoor. VAULT DORMITORY
Technique: Superadobe / Strawbales
Place: California Description: A vault made with superadobe designated as dormitory. The internal dimentions are 3m x 4m (2.8m high). The walls are made of earth while the "roof" is made of stabilized earth. The front and back walls are made of strawbales. The vault was plastered inside with earth and straw and outside with stabilized earth. It was designed to perform well without the use of any heating or cooling. It utilizes a solar passive strategy, in combination with thermal mass, insulation and natural ventilation. LITTLE HOUSE
Technique: Superadobe
Place: Kosovo Description: 7 square meter small earth house composed by 2 domes connected to each others. One dome is 2.5m internal diameter while the second dome is 2m. _REFUGE
Technique: Superadobe
Place: Italy Description: Earth emergency shelter realized in a chestnut forest. It is an half dome big enough for two people. It has been realized with single bags filled with earth. It is a demostrative structure built at the Sonica Dance Festival. It was built in 2 days by 3 people using the earth and the tools found in the forest. DOME
Technique: Superadobe Place: California Description: Earth dome realized with superadobe. Internal diameter 1.8m BENCH
Technique: Superadobe Place: California Description: Earth bench realized with superadobe DOMES WITH EARTH BRICKS
Technique: Compressed earth bricks
Place: India Description: Domes realized with compressed earth bricks and clay mortar EARTH HOME
Technique: Cob
Place: Spain Description: Partecipation as a volunteer to the construction of a cob house |
THE NESTTechnique: Superadobe
Place: Palermo, Italy Description: This earth dome of 2,5m internal diameter was built during an artistic residency at Ecomuseo Mare Memoria Viva in Palermo, Sicily. The Nest is a community art project created in collaboration with the artistic collective ideadestroyingmuros and with the research group Laboratorio Saperi Situati. The internal and external plastering work is made of cocciopesto, while the floor is made with rammed earth. COMMUNITY DOMETechnique: Superadobe
Place: Calabria region, Italy Description: Earth dome, 3m internal diameter, built during a Cal-Earth and Vide Terra workshop. The dome is build in a public space. EARTH GARDEN WALLTechnique: Superadobe
Place: Vignale Monferrato, Italy Description: Earth garden wall built with the superadobe technique. The wall was plastered with cocciopesto. EARTH SPIRAL
Technique: Superadobe
Place: Italy Description: This earth installation was built in a public park in collaboration with Donato Mancini. It is a spiral which embraces a black locust tree. The spiral it is both a creative landscape element and a functional table and bench. GARDEN RAISED BEDTechnique: Superadobe
Place: Vignale Monferrato, Italy GARDEN RAISED BEDTechnique: Superadobe
Place: Pontestura, Italy Description: Garden raised bed built during the one day course "Introduction to superadobe" organized by Vide Terra. EARTH BENCHTechnique: Superadobe
Place: Vignale Monferrato, Italy Description: Earth bench plastered with cocciopesto. DOME 222
Technique: Superadobe
Place: Tunisia Description: Earth dome built with the superadobe technique. This is a 2.22 m internal diameter dome. It was realized during a superadobe workshop in Tunisia. WALL
Technique: Superadobe Place: California Description: Earth wall realized with superadobe. Length: 11 meters; height: 1.8 meters EMERGENCY DOMES
Technique: Superadobe Place: California Description: Earthquake proof emergency earth domes realized with superadobe. These domes can be built in a day and are ideal for creating fast and secure shelters in post earthquakes events. Internal diameter 1.8 meters. WOOD OVEN
Technique: Cob
Place: Italy Descrizione: Wood oven realized with earth and straw PLASTERING AND DECORATION
Place: Italy
Description: Earth plastering and earth decoration |
