Renovating the Building Process: Towards a Local-Tech Approach

Kuidas.works is a research-led design and architecture studio based in Tallinn, Estonia, founded in 2021. Specializing in site-specific, earth-based building solutions, the studio explores how excavated, left-over earth can be transformed into sustainable materials—from rammed earth and compressed earth blocks to plasters and paints.

“From Excavation to Elevation” was made by Andrea Tamm, Henri Papson, Hannes Praks, and Maria Helena Luiga.

We were guided by the head of the Earth Building Competence Center, Mikk Luht, and the founder of UKU Pure Earth, Marko Kikas. UKU Pure Earth is an Estonian company that produces lime- and clay-based plasters and paints, and operates the only CEB production facility in the Baltics and Scandinavia.