Announcing HML's Designing with Hemp + Lime: Open Source Detailing for Architects and Designers

What happens when designers and architects think with this material? We researched and collected a handful of engaging projects at a variety of scales, construction methods, and building uses.

At HML, we believe that the future of building can be carbon neutral, biodegradable, energy-efficient, and healthy if plant-based building products become the norm. HempLime is one of these materials that has excellent potential to be scaled and used widely– we are at the beginning of the learning curve.

As a companion to our Hemp + Lime guide released in 2020, the goal for this publication is to create a catalog of precedents to motivate other architects to use hemplime in future projects. With their permission, we redrew their design details to compare the various design and construction methods.

The following projects are featured for their masterful use of hemplime as a promising building material:

• Cape Cod Hemp House by Estes Twombly + Titrington with CH Newton, HempStone, Kiko Thébaud, Laurent Goudet AKTA - BVP and Anthony Néron (DuChanvre), 2022

• Case di Luce by Pedone Working with Equilibrium Ltd, 2016

• Lamia Santolina by YAS Architecture, Morleo Architecture, Angelo Melcarne with Scaff Systems (structural) and Messapia Style (hemp), 2021

• Pierre Chevet Sports Hall by Lemoal Lemoal with Baticible, 2021

• Wally Farms by Kaja Kühl (youarethecity) and Roger Cardinal Design with Lagonia Construction, Americhanvre, HempStone, and blocks manufactured by Coexist Build, 2022

• Woonhuis Balk by TWA Architecten with Agricola Bouw, 2020