"Pise": Evolution, innovations, resistances and future directions

The "pise" technology has been used by builders for about three thousand years and with no major technical evolution up to recent times. A true cultural revolution occured after the Second World War, starting in Australia and the U. S. A. with the use of new types of formworks and ramming tools that led to the development of new concepts of construction and architectural design in structural systems and spaces. Then, this step gave birth to the precasting of pise walls for a better productivity on the working sites. Nevertheless, today, the surviving of this millenary building culture valorizing the direct use of earth "at the bottom of the wall" seems to be threatened by the pressure of the economy (productivity), but also by the fast evolution of the construction standards (safety, energy, ...) that are impacting the traditional technology of pise and its architecture. On the other hand, recent trends in the fundamental research, and research and development (R&D) are testing and developing new types of earthen poured concrete that could accelerate the disappearance of pise. Is there really a future for pise and for what viable reasons?