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Bricks of soil and dung
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workDirty Works (CoolBricks), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlResearch cited
Other sources
- MaterialDistrict materialdistrict.com
- Sustainable building with coolbricks at erebero hills (asiliaafrica.com) asiliaafrica.com
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- Rows of fresh brown earth bricks stamped with a cb logo, close upPhoto: CoolBricksMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- A man in coveralls and gloves pours cow dung from a bucket into a blue barrel, with cows in a barn behind himPhoto: CoolBricksMuseum or journal record
- Slide 3
- Diagram of a pressed earth block flecked with soil grains and small orange dots for microbial clumps from cow dung, with water drops beading on topImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn
- Slide 4
- Builders in blue coveralls and hard hats lay low walls of tan earth bricks on a hillside, with green forested mountains behindPhoto: CoolBricksMuseum or journal record
- Slide 5
- Diagram comparing a red fired clay brick next to flames with a tan unfired earth brick next to a sunImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn
- Slide 6
- A single-story house with earth-brick walls, wooden posts and a shaded porch, on red ground at sunsetPhoto: CoolBricksMuseum or journal record
- Ring frame
- Trowel, Rijksmuseum (BK-KOG-1494)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record