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Strata-banded in-situ rammed earth walls at Kalba Beach, Sharjah, as the roof slab is craned in
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Kalba Beach

In-situ stabilised rammed earth for Shurooq, built metres from the Gulf of Oman. Graded soil moistened to a precise water content and compacted in lifts between forms, until the wall carried its own strata as a record of how it was made.

Kalba Beach — the roof slab lowered onto completed rammed earth walls. Photography: Earth Layers

Location Kalba, Sharjah, UAE
Client Shurooq
System In-situ rammed earth
Sector Public realm, beachfront
Strata-banded in-situ rammed earth walls at Kalba Beach, Sharjah, as the roof slab is craned in
Walls complete, roof going on — the crane lowering the slab. Photography: Earth Layers
Completed in-situ rammed earth wall, tamped lifts banding cream to brown, Kalba Beach
The finished wall — every band a lift, compacted between forms. Photography: Earth Layers
Crews in hi-vis on yellow H20 beam formwork at Kalba Beach with the Gulf of Oman behind them under a heavy grey sky.
Formwork on the shoreline, the sea a few metres behind. Photography: Earth Layers
Formwork and raking props in place as crews ram the wall lifts at Kalba Beach, Sharjah
The formwork run — props raking back, column integrated in the wall. Photography: Earth Layers
Rammed earth walls rising behind Shurooq site hoarding at Kalba Beach, the tamped bands visible above the leasing boards.
Walls rising behind the hoarding, seen from the corniche. Photography: Earth Layers

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Rammed Earth In-situ
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