Pre-cast, all natural, self-insulating, liapor (popped clay) outside wall elements go up 15 minutes per panel at the construction site of the Maharishi Vastu Peace Palace in Erfurt, Germany

In this video young British architect Jonathon Phillips reports on the MERU Master Builder System as it just has been implemented in the city of Erfurt in Germany on the construction site of a Maharishi Vastu seminar center that will be offering enlightenment and peace creating programs such as the Transcendental Meditation technique.

The pre-cast, all natural, self-insulating, liapor (popped clay) outside wall elements go up 15 minutes per panel. They have been developed by architect Christian Schweizer at MERU, Holland and are also known as the MERU Master Builder System. Traditional Vedic pilasters, arches, entablature, pinth and ornaments are part of the mold and therefore cast as part of the wall panel. No decorating necessary later (when usually the funds are up anyway), but all is there in the most efficient and most lasting way right from the beginning.

A slide show of another example of this construction system is available here.