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A study of the geometry and structural performance of superadobe domes
The construction of natural structures as an alternative to conventional houses has extended over recent years in response to human and environmental crisis. Superadobe is a method for the construction of self-built shelters by confining humid stabilized earthen mixture into long curved polypropylene sacks that act as formwork, stacking these long semicircular forms in a decreasing radii pattern that describe massive double curvature monoliths. Barbed wire is added between sack layers to add friction and tensile resistance, and molds placed to produce the building’s openings. This technology has a potential for sustainably reducing housing deficits in developing countries and emergency situations: It’s executable by common people, It’s economical (earth being the main material used and no heavy construction machinery is needed), and even for being a self-built technology, it has consistently exhibited good structural behavior against natural events such as earthquakes, floods, fire and high winds. This, among other self-built technologies, make it possible to build culturally sensitive shelters from ecological and accessible procedures and materials: adobe buildings, cob, bags of earth, bales of straw, among other technologies, are examples. Even if these buildings have limited or no applications in industrial areas, they have extensive applications in human activity, specifically, as a solution for homelessness. It enables the use of natural resources and avoids the need for heavy machinery and transportation of materials, because buildings are made primarily of earth. Since materials used in construction greatly impact on the economy, the environment, and on the adaptability of society, the influence that construction activity has on sustainable development is paramount. Sustainable building materials: those that are profitable, that are socially accepted and which have a low environmental impact, are the focus of many researches that back-up the use of earth inside buildings. Earth bags, whose ratio of ...
A study of the geometry and structural performance of superadobe domes
The construction of natural structures as an alternative to conventional houses has extended over recent years in response to human and environmental crisis. Superadobe is a method for the construction of self-built shelters by confining humid stabilized earthen mixture into long curved polypropylene sacks that act as formwork, stacking these long semicircular forms in a decreasing radii pattern that describe massive double curvature monoliths. Barbed wire is added between sack layers to add friction and tensile resistance, and molds placed to produce the building’s openings. This technology has a potential for sustainably reducing housing deficits in developing countries and emergency situations: It’s executable by common people, It’s economical (earth being the main material used and no heavy construction machinery is needed), and even for being a self-built technology, it has consistently exhibited good structural behavior against natural events such as earthquakes, floods, fire and high winds. This, among other self-built technologies, make it possible to build culturally sensitive shelters from ecological and accessible procedures and materials: adobe buildings, cob, bags of earth, bales of straw, among other technologies, are examples. Even if these buildings have limited or no applications in industrial areas, they have extensive applications in human activity, specifically, as a solution for homelessness. It enables the use of natural resources and avoids the need for heavy machinery and transportation of materials, because buildings are made primarily of earth. Since materials used in construction greatly impact on the economy, the environment, and on the adaptability of society, the influence that construction activity has on sustainable development is paramount. Sustainable building materials: those that are profitable, that are socially accepted and which have a low environmental impact, are the focus of many researches that back-up the use of earth inside buildings. Earth bags, whose ratio of ...
A study of the geometry and structural performance of superadobe domes
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