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Cityscape: Volume 22 Number 3 | The Moving to Work Retrospective Evaluation

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The Moving to Work Retrospective Evaluation

Volume 22 Number 3

Editors
Mark D. Shroder
Michelle P. Matuga

Reviving Rammed Earth as a Sustainable Construction Technique

Hota Gangarao
David Johnson
Ray Liang
West Virginia University

Mike Blanford
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development


The status quo for single-family home construction has been wood frame construction, commonly called “stick framing” because of the dominant use of 2” x 4” dimensional lumber. Wood frame construction has served the homebuilding community well; however, alternative building approaches are beginning to catch on. The alternative discussed in this article—rammed earth—is actually a historical construction technique that practitioners are reviving.


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