Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Earth Architecture




The cities of first human civilizations have been made by this traditional material. Catal huyuk in Turkey – Mohenjo daro in Pakistan – Babel in Iraq & This traditional architecture has been developed in exchange among the societies.
Although there is no doubt about the antiquity of earth architecture there are those who think that this kind of architecture is very weak and feckless. By looking around the world we can find many examples that show us the resistance of this architecture. Engineers have designed and made many water dam by earth in Asia and Europe from 30 years ago up to now.