Introduction

This one hour continuing education course for architects and interior designers will provide the student with an understanding of the various ingredients found in clay-based walls and plasters and how they interact with eachother.  Learn about the creation, formation and make-up of clays and sands and how to identify and distinguish them; how to gather and refine materials directly from Nature; and how they are used in adobe, plasters, cob, rammed earth, pressed earth blocks and straw bales.

Contents

• Formation of the Earth
• The nature of clay
• Identifying and distinguishing clays
• Levigation
• Discovering clay's elemental properties
• Sand and other fillers
• Natural sources of sand
• Mica and its uses
• Commercial sources of clay, sand and other materials
• Gathering and refining materials from Nature
• Fiber binds ingredients together
• Additional additives
• Adobe
• Cob
• Rammed earth
• Pressed earth blocks
• Straw-clay walls, pumicecrete and straw bales
• Clay plasters
• Conclusion
• Quiz

Qualifies for one credit hour of Green / Sustainable Design (1 PDH; 0.1 CEU).

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Acceptable continuing education for:

(AL) ALABAMA:Architect, (AL) ALASKA:Architect, (GA) GEORGIA:Architect, (IL) ILLINOIS:Architect, (IN) INDIANA:Architect, (IA) IOWA:Architect, (IA) IOWA:Interior Designer, (KS) KANSAS:Architect, (KY) KENTUCKY:Interior Designer, (MN) MINNESOTA:Architect, (MN) MINNESOTA:Interior Designer, (MS) MISSISSIPPI:Architect, (MO) MISSOURI:Architect, (NE) NEBRASKA:Architect, (NV) NEVADA:Architect, (NM) NEW MEXICO:Architect, (OH) OHIO:Architect, (RI) RHODE ISLAND:Architect, (SD) SOUTH DAKOTA:Architect, (TN) TENNESSEE :Architect, (TN) TENNESSEE :Interior Designer, (TX) TEXAS:Architect, (TX) TEXAS:Interior Designer, (UT) UTAH:Architect, (WV) WEST VIRGINIA:Architect