Reinforced Ground Structure, And Siding Elements For Constructing Same

A method of constructing a stabilized soil structure, comprising:

• disposing at least one facing element along a front face of the structure delimiting a volume to be filled, wherein the facing element comprises a body made from cast material having a path formed therein for receiving a reinforcement strip between two emergence points situated on a rear face of the body, wherein the path comprises two adjacent portions respectively adjacent to the two emergence points and each disposed so as to position the strip in a respective emergence plane perpendicular to said rear face, two curved portions provided as respective extensions of the two adjacent portions and disposed so as to deviate the strip out of the emergence planes, and a connecting portion connecting together the two curved portions, wherein the two emergence planes are distinct, separated by a physical separator and substantially parallel to each other, and wherein the connecting portion comprises at least one loop situated outside the emergence planes and outside the space between said emergence planes;
• bringing and compacting filling material substantially horizontally in said volume up to a bottom emergence plane of said facing element so as to create a laying surface;
• arranging a reinforcement strip that follows said path in the facing element so that two reinforcement strip portions emerge from the rear face of the facing element and rest on the laying surface;
• and
• tensioning the strip by adding filling material on the strip.