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  • About
  • Online Work
  • Field Projects
    • Sourcing Clay in Búðardalur
    • Casa Grande Ruins
    • Anyway
    • Reykjavík Soil Tests
    • Fire in the Wind
    • Death Valley Boundary Wall V
    • Red Ryder Adobe
    • Space Becomes Place
    • Iceland Turf House
    • Two Santa Fe Hornos
    • Pioneertown Garden Wall
    • Death Valley Boundary Wall I
    • Weimar Translation
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Reykjavík Soil Tests

March 2019

Reykjavík Soil Tests was a meet up with Miðgarður in Reykjavík, Iceland to test locally-sourced clay and aggregates. Miðgarður is a building association that plans to build dense, green, low-rise neighborhoods which are centrally located and have a low priority for vehicles. The soil tests were successful and we see a real possibility of incorporating earth as a building material into their projects. One idea is to use earthen blocks for walls which separate adjoining apartments to enhance soundproofing. A thermal wall heating system (finished with earthen plaster) could easily be incorporated into these earthen walls to tap into Reykjavík's geothermal heating reserves. Further blockmaking tests will be conducted over the summer.

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