{"id":10353,"date":"2025-11-20T09:52:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T09:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/?p=10353"},"modified":"2026-07-01T10:54:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:54:48","slug":"earthopia-rammed-earth-project-in-addis-ababa-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/earthopia-rammed-earth-project-in-addis-ababa-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"EARTHopia – Rammed Earth Project in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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    team: students from KIT and AAU<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    testing the soil for the right texture<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    formwork: round, modular wooden elements<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    ramming the earth<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    progress<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    layers in two different colors<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n
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    Tukul 2.0<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Together with students from Addis Ababa University (AAU) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), we have developed an innovative prototype for sustainable loam buildings. The \u201cTukul 2.0\u201d project combines traditional Ethiopian roundhouse architecture with the rammed earth technique established in Europe. The aim is to create a robust, durable, and easy-to-implement construction method that uses local resources and respects cultural building practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In October 2025, a team of KIT students traveled to Ethiopia to work with students from Addis Ababa University to realize the prototype. Thanks to financial support from the STO Foundation, the traditional tukul typology was implemented using modern earth construction methods. A particular challenge was the development of a round wooden formwork made of modular elements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The project shows how intercultural cooperation and innovative approaches can further develop sustainable construction methods. Rammed earth has a long tradition in Europe and is currently experiencing a major renaissance. Today, the technique offers a pragmatic, resource-saving alternative, as the materials are locally available and fully recyclable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Together with students from Addis Ababa University (AAU) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), we have developed an innovative prototype for sustainable loam buildings. The \u201cTukul 2.0\u201d project combines traditional Ethiopian roundhouse architecture with the rammed earth technique established in Europe. The aim is to create a robust, durable, and easy-to-implement construction method that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10353"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10624,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10353\/revisions\/10624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nb.ieb.kit.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}