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Debris Wall Systems

Yesterday's rubble, today's wall

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The materialwhat this method is built from

The method, plainly

Construction is one of the largest sources of waste on earth. The debris wall treats that waste as a quarry, turning what would be hauled away into the most permanent part of the building.

The result is a wall with real thermal mass and a surface that no catalogue could supply - the literal memory of an older structure, carried into a new one.

Why we reach for it

Diverts demolition waste from landfill

High thermal mass for a cool interior

Uses what a site would otherwise pay to remove

Every wall is one of a kind

What it is made of

Salvaged debrisLime / lean binderStone

From ground to wall

how it comes together

A few unhurried moves, in the order we make them.

01

Sort the debris

Salvaged brick, stone and concrete are cleaned and graded on site.

02

Build the mass

Debris is laid within a lean binder, building a thick, thermally heavy wall.

03

Face honestly

Faces are left raw or skimmed in lime, so the wall tells the story of the building it came from.

On the ground

where we have used it

Warm dusk settling over the land (Reference image, not a CHAYP project)

Debris Wall Studio

Commercial in Malappuram, Kerala

Green Kerala land under an open sky (Reference image, not a CHAYP project)

Hillside Earthen Retreat

Tourism in Wayanad, Kerala

If this fits your land

tell us about your site

And we will say honestly whether debris wall systems belongs there.

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