Rammed Earth: Horizontal Lines Layer by Layer

A rammed earth wall. The earth is sourced from the site and nearby, with colors ranging from ochre to earthy yellow; each rammed layer, about ten centimeters thick, leaves a subtle horizontal line, giving the entire wall dozens of parallel, stratified lines, with colors slightly varying due to the soil samples from each layer. The wall is very thick, over fifty centimeters, with a thin overhang at the top to protect it from rain. Avoid: using colored cement to simulate rammed earth, allowing the rammed lines to be smoothed out, making the wall thin and losing its sense of massiveness, neglecting the top rain protection, making the wall appear susceptible to erosion.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一面夯土牆。土是從基地與附近取來的,顏色是赭褐到土黃;每夯實一層約十公分就留下一道細微的水平線,整面牆因此有數十道平行的地層感線條,顏色也隨每層土的取樣略有深淺。牆很厚,超過五十公分,頂部有一道薄薄的出挑保護它不被雨淋。避免:使用染色水泥模擬夯土、讓夯層的線條被磨平、把牆做薄失去厚重感、忽略頂部的防雨處理讓牆看起來會被沖壞。