Economic benefits of contemporary earth construction in ...
· Vroomen (2007) researched the suitability of cast gypsumstabilised earth for the construction of lowcost urban housing in developing countries. According to Vroomen (2007), the product method 'Cast Earth', developed by Lowenhaupt, can be characterised as a largescale casting method and gypsum is used to increase the plasticity of the earth–gypsum mix without negative results.