Rammed earth heroes

Oh that's wonderful. We were quite inspired by Chitra Vishwanth's projects as well, and in fact did consider reaching out to the team - very few people and learned executioners in this space in the north. But then we found the wonderful folks at...

"After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on Earth. If the cement industry were a country, it would be the third largest carbon dioxide emitter in the world with up to 2.8bn tonnes, surpassed only by China and the US." https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/feb/25/concrete-the-most-destructive-material-on-earth

The use of stone and marble is seen to add to the eco-credentials and raise the sustainability factor of buildings. Most guidelines and norms in architecture view stone as a natural building material. This is mainly because stone comes straight from...

Workers proficient in the art of building rammed earth walls from the Thumbimpressions team.

Every space is first built in our heads, and then through experiments you fine-tune execution. Two years ago, this was our introduction to and first experiment with rammed earth, led by Samir, Faizan and the team at Studio 8:23, and Manu and his team from Thumbimpressions.