Blocos leves em taipa de pilão - 14ᵃ Bienal Internacional de Arquitetura de São Paulo

Project implementation: Brazil
Project development: Brazil

The exhibition proposal aims to discuss the possibility of large-scale construction with prefabricated elements in earth and straw for a sustainable construction path that can be easily achieved.

The idea of serial reproduction of the artifact, which does not translate into industrialized production systems.

Instead, we look at the popular and the work of the craftsman, that is, reproducibility according to the manual gesture with its specific virtues.

Earth and straw: domestic materials of human culture, are abundant construction resources in the territories and, together, form an opportune amalgam for architecture capable of self-structuring prefabricated blocks.

According to the latest IBGE Census from 2022, 87.9% of Brazilian households had exterior wall materials made of masonry or rammed earth with cladding, 7.2% were unclad masonry, and 4.1% were made of timber. This material is, therefore, one of the largest construction resources available in the country.

We present the test of a construction system for load-bearing walls in lightweight rammed earth, in order to contribute to the development of the technique and its applications: a block measuring 30x30x20cm, weighing 30kg and with a simple pressure load capacity of 8400kg to 15000kg (14 to 25kg/cm²).

Unlike foreign experiments in rammed earth prefabrication, especially the Austrian one, under the command of engineer Martin Rauch, which calls for mechanized efficiency in large-sized parts, here we sought a conceptual approximation with the research of Brazilian architect João Filgueiras Lima, in which every part must be sized to be carried by the hands of those working on the construction site.

Participate in the program of debates, workshops and associated activities!

TODAY (10.10)

2:30 pm – table Risk-Free Periphery in the Context of Climate Change

4pm – table Knowing to Transform: Community Climate Risk Reduction and Adaptation Plans

6:30 pm – table Inclusive Adaptation: Nature-Based Solutions in the Peripheries

9am – Drawing Workshop: Oscar Niemeyer's Architecture in Ibirapuera Park and the Climate Challenge

IN THE NEXT DAYS (11 to 14.10)

ATTENTION the table Palmas: For 36 years, the ecological capital of Tocantins which would be held on 10/11 | 7pm was canceled.

11.10 and 12.10 | 9am – workshop Inventa(rio) Fronteiras: Playing for Multispecies Cities

11.10 | 10am – workshop Elémenterre teaching bag

11.10 | 11am – table Learning to inhabit the Anthropocene: the crisis of architecture

11.10 | 2pm – table Architecture for Learning and Civic Use

11.10 | 3pm – table Culture and Public Architecture

11.10 – 15h – workshop Elémenterre teaching bag

11.10 | 4pm – table Reconnecting with Nature & Circular Design

11.10 | 5pm – table Architecture of Belonging: Interpreting Heritage Through Place

12.10 | 10am – table Experience: Climate Refuges and Naturalized Public Spaces, with Eco-Neighborhood

12.10 | 10:30 am – table Childhoods and Climate: Climate Justice in Vulnerable Territories

12.10 | 10:30 am – Windsock Workshop with the Floating Collective

12.10 | 3pm – table Doing a lot with a little: architectures for a planet in transition with Esteban Benavides from Al Borde office

12.10 | 4:30 pm – table Earth – building a sustainable and democratic future

12.10 | 5:45 pm – table French presence at the Biennale and screening of the film AJAP – Albums of Young Architects and Landscape Architects

13.10 – activity Pantanal Action at IABsp

10/14 | 10am – table Urgent Panorama! Space as an act of permanence

14.10 | 6pm – Launch of the “Nature-Based Education” Guide

JOIN! IT'S ALL FREE!

And there's much more until October 19th!

NOTE OF CONDOLENCE

With deep sorrow, the Brazilian Institute of Architects – São Paulo Department (IABsp) mourns the passing of architect and landscape architect Kongjian Yu, a global leader in ecological urbanism, and the members of his team who accompanied him, tragically killed during the filming of a documentary. The institute is honored to have had him as a participant in the 14th São Paulo International Architecture Biennial, where his transformative vision strengthened the dialogue between global challenges and local realities. IABsp emphasizes that Yu's contribution, which transcends borders, will remain an inspiration for generations and expresses its condolences to China, to the families of all the deceased, to his friends, and to all those impacted by his genius and dedication. Read the full note here.

Lightweight rammed earth blocks

Archipelago + Alain Briatte Mantchev