Loading the mold of the Landcrete machine with the earth-cement mixture which forms the block.
Inside view of the kitchen. The Korean architects who designed the house retained the traditional ondol floor- heating system. Shown here is the foundation for the kitchen stove and the recess which feeds heat through the slot in the rear wall to two bedrooms. The heat circulates under the floor and a banked kitchen fire will keep the house warm overnight.
A completed house in the 200-house An Am Dong project.
Laying the stone-and-concrete foundation on which the rammed-earth blocks are placed.
Another view of the machine in operation.
View of a completed houses. The outer surface is plastered with a mixture of earth and cement for the sake of appearance.
Workman setting in a window sash with mortar compounded of cement and earth.
Woo Hee Wan.
Mixing the cement with earth to form the material which goes into the durable, weather-proof blocks.
Making roof tiles for the houses. The tiles are made in a mould from a mixture of sand and cement. After drying for a week, the tiles are painted with cement and graphite and emerge with a smooth, hard, rain-shedding finish.