[Cob] Re:greenery dome-paper-clay

[Amanda Peck]

Rural Studio did some things with corrugated cardboard bales when Mockbee 
was still alive, because they are really landfill bait, they wanted things 
like waxed pizza boxed.  My recollection was that  about all that they did 
was put up the walls.  No finishing, no nothing--I take it back--in the 
"composites" tab, they do show a plasterer's hand, and there's some 
discussion about protection from the rain.  The little building was for 
student housing.  It's a fun website.

http://www.corrugatedconstruction.com/
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Eos and Charmaine Taylor (snipped and snipped):


- paper bales are possibly more insulative than with straw but otherwise 
very similar and i like the direct use of newspaper instead of having to 
re-process (more embodied energy etc...)

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Bales have been used by a CO builder, and featured in  Natural Home magazine 
a year ago...very heavy bales of carboard/paper scrap were plastered over, 
lots of other recycling too in the house.  But they used a cement plaster I 
think.

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