Upcoming workshop

  • 24.04.26

Focus - Earth Blocks

A workshop day to discover the potential of earth bricks.
Find out how to create a compressed earth brick, how to mason with unfired earth bricks, and how it can be implemented in an architectural project.

From 9.00am to 4.30 pm
Language: English

BC materials
Production hall
Havenlaan 104
1000 Brussels
Belgium

Earth blocks offer a potential of a low carbon, mass building material. It's one of the most ancient building techniques. But since industrialisation, new opportunities emerged. 

During this workshop we gave a theoretical background on the history and traditional use of earth blocks, but also the wide range of contemporary production processes.

Practically we produce a compressed earth blocks together and learn how to mason with it. The end-goal is a hands-on understanding of the potential of earth bricks, through the construction of 1:1 wall set-ups. Different type of earth block, earth mortars are used to see a range of application opportunities.

BC materials
Birgit Sterckx
Living lab leemsteen
Living lab leemsteen
Living lab leemsteen
Living lab leemsteen
100,00 €
incl. VAT