Ask Arup: How to Build on a Site that is "Pretty Much a Pool"

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This article originally appeared on Arup Connect as “Ask Arup: Silty Sand Solutions.”

Architect Juan Esteban Correa Elejalde’s client tasked him with designing an off-the-grid getaway for a rural site near Medellín, Colombia. After completing the initial design concept, Correa Elejalde ordered a soil study of the client’s land.

Unfortunately, the results showed the site to be “pretty much a pool,” he said; the high water table and thick layers of loose soil would provide little capacity to support heavy objects above.

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Cite: Arup Connect. "Ask Arup: How to Build on a Site that is "Pretty Much a Pool"" 10 Jan 2015. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/585854/ask-arup-how-to-build-on-a-site-that-is-pretty-much-a-pool> ISSN 0719-8884

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