Born 1977 in Fontanella, Austrian Alps, Hanno Burtscher grew up in midst the Austrian Alps. Nature was always present and served as the stage for the main activities throughout his childhood and adolescence. Subsequently, when he began to study architecture in Vienna, he had to balance the non-materialistic part of design-and concept study throughout the year at university, with something tangible.Working onsite on building developments seemed like the best fit. He met Martin Rauch, and the rammed earth construction technique, in 1997. He’s been actively engaged in an art, discipline, and profession of rammed earth ever since. Under the careful mentorship of Martin Rauch, he gained his knowledge, years of hands-on field-experience, and mastery in rammed earth construction. Building with earth, and ultimately sharing with the future occupants of earth structures, the experiences and innate benefits which earth brings, drives all of Hanno’s work. From the capacity to ground and balancing us, and the sophistication, inherent beauty, and it’s qualities as an ideal and sustainable construction material, Hanno’s mission is to share these qualities and experiences of rammed earth to individuals around the world.