Earth USA 2024 - Final Conference Schedule
Last Updated September 13, 2024
Friday, September 13, 2024
9:00 - Conference Check-in
9:00 - 9:45am - Morning Coffee in Scottish Rite Ballroom & Courtyard
9:45 - 10:00am - Podium Welcome by Quentin Wilson & Adobe in Action Board of Directors
10:00 – 10:30am (Slot #1)
Author: Joe Silins (Tucson, AZ, USA)
Podium Presentation: PLAY, TOIL AND RITUAL: BUILDING AN EXPERIMENTAL, POURED CLAY STUDIO IN THE COVID19 ERA
Institutional Affiliation: Tierra Buena Home and Garden, LLC
10:30 – 11:00am (Slot #2)
Authors: Salwa Cherkaoui El Baraka, Manuela Triggianese, Roberto Cavallo (Paris, France)
Podium Presentation: FROM WASTE TO RESOURCE: THE POTENTIAL AND CONDITIONS OF REUSE OF EXCAVATED EARTHS AS CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
Institutional Affiliation: Technical University of Delft
11:00 – 11:30am (Slot #3)
Author: Robert Holton (Baton Rouge, LA, USA)
Podium Presentation: EARTH CONSTRUCTION: BUILDING TECHNIQUES TOWARD A MORE EQUITABLE ARCHITECTURE
Institutional Affiliation: Louisiana State University School of Architecture
11:30 – 12:00noon (Slot #4)
Authors: Jake Barrow, Kateri Lopez (Santa Fe, NM, USA)
Podium Presentation: THE RESTORATION AND REHABILITATION OF CASITA DESIDERIO Y PABLITA ORTEGA: RUINS RECOGNIZED AS AN AMERICAN TREASURE MADE LIVABLE AGAIN
Institutional Affiliation: Cornerstones Community Partnerships
12:00 - 1:30pm - Lunch Break
1:30 – 2:00pm (Slot #5)
Author: Ian Smith (Boulder, CO, USA)
Podium Presentation: PRESERVATION OF THE HISTORIC CLARION HOTEL
Institutional Affiliation: Natural Building Alliance
2:00 – 2:30pm (Slot #6)
Author: Stephen Hren (Durham, NC, USA)
Podium Presentation: GETTING COB THROUGH THE INSPECTION PROCESS: MY EXPERIENCE IN NORTH CAROLINA
Institutional Affiliation: Mud Dauber School of Natural Building
2:30 – 3:00pm (Slot #7)
Author: Marcus Shaffer (University Park, PA, USA)
Podium Presentation: PROBING THE MACHINERY GAP IN RAMMED EARTH TECHNOLOGIES: DEVELOPING AND TESTING A ROTATIONAL TAMPER
Institutional Affiliation: The Pennsylvania State University
3:00 – 3:30pm (Slot #8)
Authors: Shawn Protz, Christina McMillan (Raleigh , NC, USA)
Podium Presentation: BUILDING WITH CLAY: A PEDAGOGICAL APPROACH TO INTRODUCING EARTH TO ARCHITECTURAL STUDENTS
Institutional Affiliation: School of Architecture, North Carolina State University
3:30 - 4:30 - Poster Presentation Access + Coffee Break in Scottish Rite Ballroom & Courtyard
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Author: Christof Ziegert (Berlin, Germany)
LOAD-BEARING EARTH BLOCK MASONRY UP TO 4 STOREYS STANDARDISED IN GERMANY
Institutional Affiliation: ZRS Ingenieure GmbH, Berlin
Authors: Jasmine Alia Blaschek, Christof Ziegert (Berlin, Germany)
CONSERVATION OF UP TO 5500-YEAR-OLD EARTH BLOCK MASONRY REMAINS IN URUK/MESOPOTAMIA
Institutional Affiliation: ZRS Ingenieure GmbH, Berlin
Authors: Horst Schroeder, Manfred Lemke (Weimar, Germany)
MODEL ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS (EPD) FOR EARTH BUILDING PRODUCTS – PROJECT RESULTS
Institutional Affiliation: Dachverband Lehm / German Association for Building with Earth
Authors: Marcio Buson, Humberto Varum (Brasilia, Brazil)
Podium Presentation: KRAFTTERRA - EARTH AND DISPERSED FIBERS FROM CEMENT BAGS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ADOBES, CEB AND 3D PRINTING
Institutional Affiliation: University of Brasilia
Author: Adedoyin Peter (Ibadan, Nigeria)
Podium Presentation: HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN NIGERIA: A CASE FOR PRESERVATION AND LISTING
Institutional Affiliation: Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Nigeria
Author: Nripal Adhikary
Podium Presentation: REBUILDING AFTER GORKHA EARTHQUAKE USING EARTH AND BAMBOO
Institutional Affiliation: Abari
4:30 – 5:00pm (Slot #9)
Author: Ben Loescher (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Podium Presentation: BUILDING MOMENTUM: CREATING A U.S. EARTHEN MASONRY STANDARD
Institutional Affiliation: Adobeisnotsoftware
5:00 – 5:30pm (Slot #10)
Authors: Laura Villegas, Fabio Matta, Michele Barbato (Columbia, SC, USA)
Podium Presentation: FEASIBILITY OF USING STABILIZED EARTH MASONRY FOR SINGLE-STORY DWELLINGS IN US SEISMIC-PRONE AREAS
Institutional Affiliation: University of South Carolina
5:30 – 6:00pm (Slot #11)
Author: Bill Druc (Santa Fe, NM, USA)
Podium Presentation: EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SEISMIC ADOBE. . . . .BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK!
Institutional Affiliation: Druc Engineering, LLC
6:00 - 8:00pm - Friday Evening Reception in Scottish Rite Ballroom & Courtyard for all registered attendees presented by The Earthbuilders' Guild
Saturday, September 14, 2024
9:00 - Conference Check-in
9:00 - 10:00am – Poster Presentation Access + Morning Coffee in Scottish Rite Ballroom & Courtyard
Additional access to Pre-Recorded Remote Presentations by (see full paper links above):
Author: Christof Ziegert (Berlin, Germany)
LOAD-BEARING EARTH BLOCK MASONRY UP TO 4 STOREYS STANDARDISED IN GERMANY
Institutional Affiliation: ZRS Ingenieure GmbH, Berlin
Authors: Jasmine Alia Blaschek, Christof Ziegert (Berlin, Germany)
CONSERVATION OF UP TO 5500-YEAR-OLD EARTH BLOCK MASONRY REMAINS IN URUK/MESOPOTAMIA
Institutional Affiliation: ZRS Ingenieure GmbH, Berlin
Authors: Horst Schroeder, Manfred Lemke (Weimar, Germany)
MODEL ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS (EPD) FOR EARTH BUILDING PRODUCTS – PROJECT RESULTS
Institutional Affiliation: Dachverband Lehm / German Association for Building with Earth
Authors: Marcio Buson, Humberto Varum (Brasilia, Brazil)
Podium Presentation: KRAFTTERRA - EARTH AND DISPERSED FIBERS FROM CEMENT BAGS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ADOBES, CEB AND 3D PRINTING
Institutional Affiliation: University of Brasilia
Author: Adedoyin Peter (Ibadan, Nigeria)
Podium Presentation: HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN NIGERIA: A CASE FOR PRESERVATION AND LISTING
Institutional Affiliation: Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Nigeria
Author: Nripal Adhikary
Podium Presentation: REBUILDING AFTER GORKHA EARTHQUAKE USING EARTH AND BAMBOO
Institutional Affiliation: Abari
10:00 – 10:30am (Slot #12)
Author: Bob Estrin (Alpine, TX, USA)
Podium Presentation: THE SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTIVE ARTS - A HOLISTIC APPROACH
Institutional Affiliation: School of Constructive Arts
10:30 – 11:00am (Slot #13)
Author: Hany Anwar (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
Podium Presentation: CEB HOMES FOR REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT: THE CASE OF DUMA TEMPORARY HOUSING IN SYRIA
11:00 – 11:30am (Slot #14)
Authors: Barbara Darden, Jedidiah Williamson, Andrew Phillips (Durango, CO, USA)
Podium Presentation: ADOBE CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN THE COLORADO HIGH DESERTS AND PLAINS
Institutional Affiliation: Scheuber + Darden Architects, LOGOS Structural, Natural Dwelling
11:30 – 12:30pm (Slot #15)
Panelists: Ben Loescher, Anthony Dente, David Eisenberg, Martin Hammer (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
Panel Discussion: ANYTHING BUT STANDARD: A CONVERSATION ON EARTHEN BUILDING, REGULATION, AND OPTIMISM
Moderator: Mark A. Zaineddin
12:30 - 2:00pm - Lunch Break
2:00pm – 2:30pm (Slot #16)
Author: Nicola Parisi (Bari, Italy)
Podium Presentation: NEW PARADIGMS FOR EARTH CONSTRUCTION
Institutional Affiliation: Polytechnic University of Bari
2:30 – 3:00pm (Slot #17)
Authors: Florencia T. Azul U. Ramírez Rodríguez, Luis Fernando Guerrero Baca (Mexico City, Mexico)
Podium Presentation: RESEARCH ON THE CYCLE OF DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENT IN ANTHROPOLOGY AS A STRATEGY TO UNDERSTAND CHANGES IN EARTH BUILDING TRADITIONS. THE CASE OF A MAZATEC COMMUNITY
Institutional Affiliation: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
3:00 – 3:30pm (Slot #18)
Authors: Yuiko Mizuno, Midori Yamada (Tokyo, Japan)
Podium Presentation: SURVEY OF STOREHOUSES WITH EARTHEN MASONRY WALLS IN YAMAGUCHI PREFECTURE, JAPAN
Institutional Affiliation: Waseda University
3:30 – 4:00pm (Slot #19)
Authors: Barrak Darweesh, Ronald Rael (La Florida, CO, USA)
Podium Presentation: ROBOTIC NUBIAN VAULT CONSTRUCTION
Institutional Affiliation: University of California Berkeley / Muddy Robots
4:00 - 5:00pm - Poster Presentation Access + Coffee Break in Scottish Rite Ballroom & Courtyard
Additional access to Pre-Recorded Remote Presentations by (see full paper links above):
Author: Christof Ziegert (Berlin, Germany)
LOAD-BEARING EARTH BLOCK MASONRY UP TO 4 STOREYS STANDARDISED IN GERMANY
Institutional Affiliation: ZRS Ingenieure GmbH, Berlin
Authors: Jasmine Alia Blaschek, Christof Ziegert (Berlin, Germany)
CONSERVATION OF UP TO 5500-YEAR-OLD EARTH BLOCK MASONRY REMAINS IN URUK/MESOPOTAMIA
Institutional Affiliation: ZRS Ingenieure GmbH, Berlin
Authors: Horst Schroeder, Manfred Lemke (Weimar, Germany)
MODEL ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS (EPD) FOR EARTH BUILDING PRODUCTS – PROJECT RESULTS
Institutional Affiliation: Dachverband Lehm / German Association for Building with Earth
Authors: Marcio Buson, Humberto Varum (Brasilia, Brazil)
Podium Presentation: KRAFTTERRA - EARTH AND DISPERSED FIBERS FROM CEMENT BAGS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ADOBES, CEB AND 3D PRINTING
Institutional Affiliation: University of Brasilia
Author: Adedoyin Peter (Ibadan, Nigeria)
Podium Presentation: HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN NIGERIA: A CASE FOR PRESERVATION AND LISTING
Institutional Affiliation: Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Nigeria
Author: Nripal Adhikary
Podium Presentation: REBUILDING AFTER GORKHA EARTHQUAKE USING EARTH AND BAMBOO
Institutional Affiliation: Abari
5:00 – 5:45pm (Slot #20)
Keynote Speaker: Lola Ben-Alon, PhD, Assistant Professor, Columbia University ( New York City, NY, USA)
Keynote Presentation: EARTH MATERIALS "RECIPES": EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH AND PEDAGOGIES.
Institutional Affiliation: Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), Natural Materials Lab
Lola Ben-Alon is an Assistant Professor at Columbia GSAPP, where she directs the Natural Materials Lab and the Building Science and Technology curriculum. She specializes in earth- and bio-based building materials, their life cycle, supply chains, fabrication techniques, and policy. Ben-Alon received her Ph.D. from the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University and holds a B.S. in Structural Engineering and an M.S. in Construction Management from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. At the Technion, Ben-Alon co-founded the Experimental Art and Architecture Lab. Her work has been exhibited at the London Craft Week, Indian Ceramics Triennial, Tallinn Architecture Biennale, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, and published in Building and Environment, Journal of Green Building, and Automation in Construction. Ben-Alon serves on the board of ACSA’s Technology | Architecture + Design, and Elsevier’s Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.
Sunday, September 15, 2024
9:00 - Conference Check-in
9:00 – 10:00am – Poster Presentation Access + Morning Coffee in Scottish Rite Ballroom & Courtyard
Additional access to Pre-Recorded Remote Presentations by (see full paper links above):
Author: Christof Ziegert (Berlin, Germany)
LOAD-BEARING EARTH BLOCK MASONRY UP TO 4 STOREYS STANDARDISED IN GERMANY
Institutional Affiliation: ZRS Ingenieure GmbH, Berlin
Authors: Jasmine Alia Blaschek, Christof Ziegert (Berlin, Germany)
CONSERVATION OF UP TO 5500-YEAR-OLD EARTH BLOCK MASONRY REMAINS IN URUK/MESOPOTAMIA
Institutional Affiliation: ZRS Ingenieure GmbH, Berlin
Authors: Horst Schroeder, Manfred Lemke (Weimar, Germany)
MODEL ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCT DECLARATIONS (EPD) FOR EARTH BUILDING PRODUCTS – PROJECT RESULTS
Institutional Affiliation: Dachverband Lehm / German Association for Building with Earth
Authors: Marcio Buson, Humberto Varum (Brasilia, Brazil)
Podium Presentation: KRAFTTERRA - EARTH AND DISPERSED FIBERS FROM CEMENT BAGS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ADOBES, CEB AND 3D PRINTING
Institutional Affiliation: University of Brasilia
Author: Adedoyin Peter (Ibadan, Nigeria)
Podium Presentation: HISTORIC BUILDINGS IN NIGERIA: A CASE FOR PRESERVATION AND LISTING
Institutional Affiliation: Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Nigeria
Author: Nripal Adhikary
Podium Presentation: REBUILDING AFTER GORKHA EARTHQUAKE USING EARTH AND BAMBOO
Institutional Affiliation: Abari
10:00 – 10:30pm (Slot #21)
Authors: Nitin Kumar, E.L. Prakash S Badal, Michele Barbato (Davis, CA, USA)
Podium Presentation: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF WILDFIRE EMISSIONS FROM LIGHT-FRAME WOOD AND EARTHEN BUILDINGS IN THE WUI
Institutional Affiliation: University of California - Davis
10:30 – 11:00am (Slot #22)
Author: Juan Casillas (Mexico City, Mexico)
Podium Presentation: NARRATIVES OF INCIDENCE: NEW EARTHEN ARCHITECTURE
Institutional Affiliation: Universidad Iberoamericana
11:00 – 11:30am (Slot #23)
Authors: Xiaoyuan Liu, Midori Yamada (Tokyo, Japan)
Podium Presentation: SURVEY ON RAMMED EARTH DWELLINGS IN RADISH VILLAGE, SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA
Institutional Affiliation: Department of Architecture, Waseda University
11:30 – 12:00noon (Slot #24)
Authors: W. Martinez-Molina, E. M. Alonso-Guzman, M. Arreola-Sanchez, H.L. Chavez-Garcia, M. A. Navarrete-Seras, J.A. Borrego-Perez, A. I. Cervantes-Servin (Morelia, Mexico)
Podium Presentation: IMPROVING THE SKIN OF ADOBE BRICKS, COMMONLY KNOWN AS COATINGS
Institutional Affiliation: Laboratorio de Materiales, Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
12:00 – 12:30pm (Slot #25)
Authors: Anthony Dente, PE, Lisa Morey, PEng, Rachel Tove-White (Berkeley, CA, USA)
Podium Presentation: THE CHALLENGES OF KEEPING EARTHEN CONSTRUCTION LOW CARBON: EARTHEN CONSTRUCTION MAY BE HIGHER CARBON THAN THOUGHT
Institutional Affiliation: Verdant Structural Engineers & Colorado Earth
12:30 – 1:00pm (Slot #26)
Award Presentation by Fred Webster Prize Committee: 2024 Fred Webster Prize
Conference Closing and Final Wrap: Quentin Wilson & Adobe in Action Board of Directors
1:00 - 3:00pm - Lunch Break
3:00 - 4:30pm - Sunday Afternoon Walking Tour of Santa Fe with David Rasch & Jake Barrow
Monday, September 16, 2024
8:00am - 8:00pm - Full Day Monday Bus Tour to Adobe Sites
