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Nine buildings constructed using hemp that show the biomaterial’s potential
Hemp is becoming an increasingly popular material among architects seeking to reduce the carbon impact of their projects. Here is a roundup of nine buildings constructed using the versatile cannabis crop.
Mounting evidence suggests that the construction industry must adopt bio-based alternatives to common carbon-intensive building materials, such as concrete, to play its part in reducing emissions and limiting global temperature rises.
One such alternative gaining increasing attention is hemp, the fast-growing cousin of the marijuana plant that is already widely used as a biofuel and textile.
Cambridge University researcher Darshil Shah previously told Dezeen that hemp can capture atmospheric carbon twice as effectively as trees.
In buildings, it is often used in the form of hempcrete – a composite of hemp fibres and lime that is durable, highly insulating and mould-resistant.
Read on for nine buildings constructed using hemp:
Nat Barker | 6 January 2023 4 comments | Dezeen
9 buildings constructed using hemp | Dezeen
Flat House, UK, by Practice Architecture
Margent Farm cultivates its own supply of hemp, and challenged Practice Architecture to use the plant to create an on-site residence with “incredibly low embodied carbon”.
…over the course of just two days, erected to form the structural shell of Flat House.…
Hemp-based render gives striated skin to renovated house by Martens Van Caimere
“In our projects we try finding solutions to lower the building costs,” he told Dezeen. “In the 1950s, 60s and 70s, Belgians were building houses that were badly or not insulated. So renovating these houses in a sustainable way tends to be expensive.”
a new layer of insulation around this house in Belgium, as part of a renovation
9 buildings constructed using hemp | Dezeen
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