Earth Bricks

Yasuhiro Yamashita x Atelier TEKUTO

This is the first earth structure house to be built in Japan.

With the most generous support and understanding of our client, we were able to work in collaboration with universities and professionals from related fields to do numerous workshops and experiments in order to develop an earth brick masonry system using mud from the earth and other natural ingredients.
The “earth bricks” are 400mmx250mmx100mm in size and each one hand made, using molds, manual tools, earth and natural hardening ingredients (magnesium oxide etc.).
A total of about 2500 bricks were hand laid to complete the structure.

The plan is in the shape of a ‘comma-shaped bead’ or a traditional decorative bead that is was used as a lucky charm in the stone ages. Glass bricks topped the masonry walls in order to create a band of light just under the roof that would let in a softened natural light inside.
The partition walls and the upper floor are made of LVL panels. The ground floor was finished with polished terrazzo. Two skylights let natural light inside, illuminating the space enclosed by the earthen walls.

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HOW TO MAKE A JAPANESE HOUSE/NAi Publishers (the Netherlands)

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completion dateAugust 2011
locationChiba Prefecture, Japan
building usePrivate House
site area188.52㎡
building area50.52㎡
total floor area51.39㎡
constructionEarth Bricks + Wood
architectural designYasuhiro Yamashita / Atelier Tekuto
constructional designJun Sato / Jun Sato Structural Engineers
facility designKazuhiro Endo/EOS Plus
illumination designMako Kanatani/ Visual Technology Institute
cooperative universityKoshiishi Laboratory / Waseda University, Matsumura and Fujita Laboratory / Tokyo University
construction managementAtelier Tekuto , Ogawa Kyoritsu Kensetsu
photographSOBAJIMA, Toshihiro

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