Specialisation course: Earth Plastering

With Oriol Balliu

• Characteristics of earth as a building material.
• An approach to the different uses of earth as a building material throughout history.
• Distinction of useful land for building.
• Composition of soils, function of the different components.
• Fundamental principles of soil construction.
• Main soil construction techniques.
• Properties of soil plasters, advantages and disadvantages.
• The use of soil for interior plastering.
• The use of soil for exterior plastering.
• Development of earth plastering techniques, tools and safety measures.
• Protection and restoration of soil constructions.