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Flood-resilient Design and Construction according to flood depth
Flooding has been originally an important annual event for agriculture by carrying fertile soil. For the country like Pakistan where...
Scarlett Lee
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The design role of fabric formwork for rammed earth
Fabric and frames are essential components for fabric formwork. Fabric contains earth, and frames assist fabric in standing while...
Scarlett Lee
Sep 7, 2024
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Speculative design of fabric formed rammed earth facade
While developing fabric formed rammed earth technology (FRE), I have discovered there is a great aesthetic potential of this technology...
Scarlett Lee
Aug 25, 2024
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Aesthetics of fabric formed rammed earth: how materials and builders contribute to design
While developing and building fabric formed rammed earth (FRE) technology, I have discovered interesting aspects of FRE. One of the...
Scarlett Lee
Aug 2, 2024
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Intertwined: Flood-resilient Houses in Pakistan - Major Building Materials Explained
I am really thrilled to introduce my new project Intertwined that I propose for flood-resilient houses in Pakistan. This project is...
Scarlett Lee
May 3, 2024
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Building rammed earth with bamboo and cotton fabric formwork / Earth Workshop Part 2 in Venice Architecture Biennale 2023
Preparing earth workshop in Venice was challenging but very much rewarding. The difficulty of the workshop preparation lay in the special...
Scarlett Lee
Jan 3, 2024
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Beauty in Weathering on Rammed Earth
Once the construction of buildings is completed, the job of human is finished and there is much less scope for changing the form or...
Scarlett Lee
Apr 13, 2023
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Could tarpaulin-formed rammed earth be a housing solution for flood-affected people?
Tarpaulin is one of the commonly distributed materials by humanitarian agencies in emergency conditions. This tarpaulin is woven...
Scarlett Lee
Oct 14, 2022
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Sensual earth
During the ramming course, fabric make changes in its form while meeting earth - bulging, stretching, pulling and tension. The dramatic...
Scarlett Lee
Sep 19, 2022
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Is it possible to build fabric formed rammed earth with an electric rammer?
While I have gained earthen construction knowledge and experiences, I have not had a chance yet to use an electric rammer. Have been...
Scarlett Lee
Aug 21, 2022
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Unearthing the quality of rammed earth through fabric formwork
Since I have been building a number of rammed earth with fabric formwork, I have found that the technology is honestly revealing the...
Scarlett Lee
Dec 21, 2021
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Wish you a Merry Christmas!
The Myeong-rang house was built with fabric formed rammed earth. She loves to live in the house because it is warm in the cold winter...
Scarlett Lee
Dec 18, 2021
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Fabric formed earth roof design and construction for a doghouse
The roof design for Myeong-rang house was developed with consistent design iteration. The doghouse was designed and built not only to...
Scarlett Lee
Dec 1, 2021
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Morphological change revealed through fabric formed rammed earth construction process
A morphological change observed during fabric formed rammed earth construction process is an interesting performance that cannot be found...
Scarlett Lee
Sep 20, 2021
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Design and fabrication of fabric formed rammed earth doghouse/ Phase 2 construction
Design iteration of Phase 2 rammed earth doghouse I have resumed Phase 2 rammed earth doghouse construction. Before conducting a...
Scarlett Lee
Aug 27, 2021
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Repairing the rammed earth doghouse
After completing the phase 1 construction of the rammed earth doghouse in October 2020, there have been three changes – bricklaying,...
Scarlett Lee
Jul 17, 2021
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'Weave' Senegal Elementary School is featured at Design Nuance
My proposal 'Weave' Senegal Elementary School is featured at the architectural web magazine Design Nuance. You can see the article here.
Scarlett Lee
Jun 23, 2021
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To what extent is the fabric formed rammed earth wall eroded after 5 months?
The erosion of earthen walls is a natural process being affected by environmental factors especially rainfalls. Even concrete walls are...
Scarlett Lee
Jun 4, 2021
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Flood-resilient Earthen Construction Technology Lecture at the University of Art and Design Linz
I am very much excited that I am invited as a guest lecturer at the University of Art and Design Linz, Austria to introduce my PhD...
Scarlett Lee
May 28, 2021
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Bodrami gave birth to 5 babies and they are about a month old now. It was an unexpected surprise for my family but I am very happy to...
Scarlett Lee
Dec 23, 2020
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