The Comissão de Cultura e Extensão of IAU-USP informs that on July 17, 18 and 19, 2023, and August 5, 2023, at 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., the Diffusion Course “Canteiro Escola: Taipa de mão aplicado à edificação do Grupo Habis Modulo 2 – Trama, Barreamento e Covestimento” will be offered.
Course objectives: To experience the practice of the execution of Japanese wattle and daub and Brazilian wattle and daub.
This course is about the the construction technique known as “taipa de mão” (wattle and daub), one of the traditional construction techniques used in Brazil. Today, despite its potential, it is very little used and holds images of construction with little durability and refers to the condition of poverty and precariousness. In the current context of climate emergency, this technique has very favorable characteristics with less impact on the environment. Its composition is based on local materials such as bamboo, earth, and vegetable fibers associated with the structure of sawn wood. There are constructions made by Japanese immigrants, in the Municipality of Registro – SP, that present an exceptional quality where some houses built are more than 100 years old and still in use today. The reason for this durability lies in the way of execution based on the ancient knowledge of Japanese rammed earth adapted to local conditions and materials found in the region. The “taipa de mão” can be one of the important constructive options provided that due care is taken in its execution that goes through the executive detailing, adequate preparation of the land, wood, bamboo, and its application in layers: barreling, regularization, and finishing.
The course is aimed at: General public, students, and researchers from the fields of architecture, construction, engineering, and construction workers.
Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Akemi Ino
Collaboration: IAU: Prof. Dr. Akemi Hijioka (IFSP) | Arq. Alain Briatte Mantchev (Laboraterra Arquitetura)
Course load: 30 hours
Number of vacancies: 25
Registration period: 06/28 to 07/05/2023 – in https://uspdigital.usp.br/apolo/inscricaoPublicaFormCursosOferecidosListar?oriins=W&codund=93
Schedule:
Location: Instituto de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (São Carlos USP Campus)
Time: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
07/17/2023 – introduction to Brazilian wattle and daub, and Japanese wattle and daub, presentation of the executive design of the 4 panels, and preparation of bamboo and the structuring board.
07/18/2023 – assembly of the frame and the plots, beginning of the application of the mixture (earth + fibers) already prepared in the diffusion course Modulo1.
07/19/2023 – application of the mixture and test of different compositions for coating and evaluation of the 4 panels finished with applied mixture.
(after two weeks, the time needed for drying)
05/08/2023 – preparation of the earth for regularization and coating and its application.
Translated by: Lara Yoshime Shizuko Fukushima