Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral) Materials

Bamboo fiber brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
19-7307-006-b
Through a series of tests with the extracted soil and added clay, it is concluded that 25% added clay achieves the best results. A control …

Bamboo fiber brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
Plant / Plant based
19-7307-006-a
Through a series of tests with the extracted soil and added clay, it is concluded that 25% added clay achieves the best results. A control …

Construction site mix brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
19-7307-005-b
Soils extracted from two different construction sites in Hong Kong were compacted to rammed earth bricks. The first brick (a) uses a very clayey soil …

Construction site mix brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
19-7307-005-c
Soils extracted from two different construction sites in Hong Kong were compacted to rammed earth bricks. The first brick (a) uses a very clayey soil …

Construction site mix brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
19-7307-005-a
Soils extracted from two different construction sites in Hong Kong were compacted to rammed earth bricks. The first brick (a) uses a very clayey soil …

Tissue paper soil brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
19-7307-004-a
The extracted soil from a construction site at HKU campus consists almost entirely of sand. To improve plasticity, 25% clay and 10% grinded tissue paper …

Pottery clay brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
19-7307-003-a
The bricks are made of 70% construction site soil and 30% clay (red pottery clay). To test the strength of the bricks, they were dropped …

Smeared brick
Soil / Soil based (organic/mineral)
Plant / Plant based
19-7307-002-a
The bricks made of the construction site soil without any additives are very loose due to the high sand content of the soil. A sticky …