[Cob] Re:greenery dome-paper-clay

[Donna Strow]

This all reminds me of the papercrete phenom.  I was longing to give this
woman-friendly technology a try, but my father insisted on salvaging
traditional, heavy bricks for me (a few hundred at a time in his personal
truck) from construction sites that no longer needed them.  (They're already
piling up on my lot like an eerie sculpture.) The reason he cited was what I
find most interesting and what I hope will prompt some discussion; he said
the weight alone added structural integrity.  Well, yeah, I guess so, but
how much structural integrity do you need if you're nestled in the hills
where the wind doesn't blow, and nobody plans to ride a motorcycle thru your
wall (which they could do, I guess, if it's lite enough..?)  Also, I
remember enough to know that there are way different kinds of structural
integrity.  I'm sure there are structures that resist earthquakes but not
motorcycles!  (I think I'll look up physical properties of materials so I
don't sound dorky next time.)  Well, whaddaya think of a papier mache barn
versus papercrete versus cardboard versus papercob, etc in terms of various
kinds of structural integrity?  Could I get away with something way
chick-friendly?

Yah, I'm clicking right over to corrugatedconstruction to see what that's
all about.

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Rural Studio did some things with corrugated cardboard bales  (snip)
http://www.corrugatedconstruction.com/