Papercrete
Gallery[edit | edit source]
The gallery below contains pictures from a class work day making papercrete for the CCAT natural wall construction.
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It takes about 5 minutes of mixing with a power drill with a paint mixing paddle for wet shredded paper to pulp like this before adding cement -
Blending paper shreds with Portland cement -
This is the form we used to make the bricks used in the wall. When the bricks dry, they shrink, making the form easy to lift off -
Here I am showing the class how to lay paper-crete bricks on the wall... -
...And again. -
Natural building projects require a lot of community and group effort to make progress! -
The finished paper-crete wall has divots that we made with our fingers in it to give the natural plasters something to stick into -
The wall after a long hard days worth of work and almost ready to receive natural plasters -
With the left over paper-crete from the day we made a large planter bowl. There are many uses for extra paper-crete. Use your imagination!
See also[edit | edit source]
- World Shelters Make it Complete with Papercrete
- CCAT greenshed west wall
- Papercrete vs. StrawBale
- Mixing and Spraying Papercrete- [1]
