Bioconstruction is the future. Existing building systems are directly unsustainable and doomed to disappear in the long run, albeit for sure. Extraction of materials and natural resources, polluting emissions from production and transportation, waste generation and other impacts make construction a real environmental concern from start to finish. But to erect buildings it is not necessary to create a lot of impact. this green building return to origins appear as more sustainable and unsuspected abilities. this super adobe It is a developing technique in many countries.
Wood or straw are some techniques that are on the rise. But it is also a material made of adobe. soil compacted with organic matter such as corn, straw and manure. Although its components may vary, it is one of the oldest building materials in the world.
But now the use of super adobe, which is again made of soil and organic materials, is starting to gain strength, but in this case the mixture reinforced with lime and then compressed in bags polypropylene (the same material used to make sand flood defenses).
These bags are stacked on top of each other and barbed wire is placed between the layer and the layer. This holds the bags in place so that the walls of the structure are shaped.
It is assumed that Superadobe houses can last for centuries because they are even earthquake resistant.and low cost to manufacture.
Also, it is not an experiment with an uncertain future: it has been used successfully for years. The Superadobe has been used by Oxfam for everything from structures built at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan to the Ojai Foundation training center in California, USA.
Savings on air conditioning
Air conditioning features are another point in favor. Adobe is a thermal material. catches the heat of the day and leaves it inside the building at night. At night, it does the opposite.: absorbs the cold and expels it during the day.
To build a house, materials need to be mixed and then stepped on (to compact), which sometimes requires the use of several people or animals. Depending on the size of the house and the number of people involved in the assignments, the work can take from a few days to several weeks.
Savings in air conditioning, resistance to hurricanes and earthquakes, use of cheap natural materials, no waste and no need for professionals for construction make this technique a system that has more and more followers.
Superadobe was created by Nader Khalili, an Iranian who lived in California (USA), trained as an architect and later traveled the Iranian deserts to learn traditional construction techniques.
His son Sheefteh Khalili has done the same and is co-director of the Cal Earth Institute, an NGO founded by his father that teaches people how to build sustainable, disaster-resilient homes using only soil.
“According to my father, the earth is truly gold: 90% of the materials needed to build a shelter for humans are in the earth itselfSheefteh Khalili told the BBC.
How do you build a superadobe house?
The steps to follow are really simple:
1. Find the house somewhere. stable ground.
two.foundation dug the future house where the foundations will go.
3.Bags filled with soil or sand are preparedwill form the ‘bricks’ of the walls.
Four.Sacks are piling upthey are interconnected by barbed wire or other systems that ensure their fixation.
5. They’re Leaving window and door openings.
6. When the build is finished, covered with sand or a mixture of soil and waterthus creating a solid sludge to be applied to the bags to create the ‘front’.
7. It will serve to create the same mixture house floorsculpt door and window frames, make a porch and other accessories.
8.EThe roof of the house it can be done by gradually ‘closing’ the walls towards the center so it will form a kind of dome with the same bags.
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