MudWorks Harvard University

Start a project

MudWorks is an installation and exhibition that demonstrates the potential of building with pure earth. Organized by the Loeb scholarship holders of 2012 and led by Anna Heringer and Martin Rauch, students, teachers and the interested public were involved in the planning and construction of the MudWorks installation.

The accompanying exhibition in Gund Hall presents eleven exemplary clay projects from five continents. MudWorks makes it clear that clay is a central material in the architectural discourse – for the preservation of cultural identity, for the creation of tactile and human-friendly spaces and for the promotion of diverse forms of work.

Category

Workshop & Study

Attributes

Complex geometry

Architecture

Loeb Fellows, Anna Heringer, Martin Rauch

Customer

Harvard University

Time period

2012

Executiom

Students from Harvard University, Anna Heringer, Martin Rauch

Location

US, Harvard

Production type

In situ production

Covers the entire on-site process — from setting up the project-specific formwork & compacting the material to final finishing and detailing.

Services

Art concept

Individually designed in collaboration with artists or designers as unique objects that are designed & produced for exhibitions or trade fairs.

Knowledge transfer

Workshops & training programmes for a wide range of building-sector professionals, focusing on solid & massed earthen construction types, complemented by expert supervision.

Products

Arts & Objects

Rammed earth as a means of expression - unique objects & sculptures, created in a dialog between craft, material & space.

Impressions