Terrón Earth Pavilion, Building Workshop

Sierra de los Caracoles, Maldonado. 2014.

'Terrón' is one of the native building techniques of Uruguay.

It consists of flipped earth pieces, of about 50 x 20 x 30 cm (variable). Pieces are directly extracted and set, containing grass and organic matter with the right moisture level, using mainly a spade plus stakes, a mallet, thread, a wooden stretcher carryon, and a measuring tape.

This technique does not use mortar to bind, nor stabilizing methods. It is known as ‘Sod’ in the US and ‘Tepes’ Boliva and Perú.

Within this workshop we extracted this raw and natural building material from a nearby sloped grassland portion, to build up a small pavilion as a private residence’s rural shelter called 'Refugio de Campo'.

Credits

Professors and workshop organizers:

Arch. Alejandro Ferreiro

Arch. Rosario Etchebarne

Arch. Javier Márquez

Content creators: Jessica Mesones, Andrea Meynet, Nadia Muñoz, Bruno Palumbo, Catalina Radi, Gabriela Vázquez.

Students: Adriana, Agu, Alberto, Alejandro, Alice, Alida, Ana, Ana Lucía, Andrés, Betiana, Bruno, Camilo, Carla, Catalina, Claudia, Daniel, Diana, Diego, Eduardo, Elizabeth, Emery, En rique, Erika, Esteban, Fabián, Fanny, Federico, Florencia, Francisco, Germán, Helena, Ignacio, Inés, Ismael, Javier, Joaquín, José, Juan, Juan Antonio, Juliana, Lady, Lahouratate, Lali, Lu ciana, Magdalena, Magela, Malena, Marcio, Marcos, María, María Eugenia, Mariana, Mariano, Martín, Mary, Matías, Mayra, Mer, Mere, Miguel, Nahuel, Natalia, Nina, Pablo, Rafael, Romina, Rosina, Rous, Santiago, Soledad, Tamara, Uth, Yamila, Yovana. 

Proyecto En Terrón, FADU, UdelaR.

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