[Cob] Re:greenery dome-paper-clay

[Yun Que]

   Cat here, The barn thing sounds a little shaky to me only because I
   have animals and the goats eat the lime the horses like to lick, chew
   and kick ( this is not unlike a motercycle going thru) and then there
   are the leaners who just by sheer weight push down the stalls to get
   to the grain.
   for the good of all C.
   >From: "Donna Strow"
   >To:
   >Subject: RE: [Cob] Re:greenery dome-paper-clay
   >Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 22:07:57 -0500
   >
   >
   >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.
   >
   >-----Original Message-----
   >
   >
   >Rural Studio did some things with corrugated cardboard bales (snip)
   >http://www.corrugatedconstruction.com/
   >
   >
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