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fa_architect_alvaro-siza-and-souto-de-moura.pdf

fp_projects_cannatafernandes.pdf

final-presentation.pdf

nature_materials_form_portugal [francisca_aroso].pdf

process_natural-_material_final_tile.pdf

process_natural-_material_final_brick_francisca.pdf

Find the presentation attached, on the BRICK and TILE, as the Natural Building Material for the shelter for the 2 million Tsunami Victims, with the sole intention of providing them with efficient self building techniques and material, in order to be sustainable enough to have shelter, and also at the same time provide them with an alternative to rehabilitate at a higher level of living as soon as possible.

The proposed material (JUTE) provides with the option of shelter and employment simultaneously, which is all the more important for building an efficient and sustainable territory for the Tsunami Victims.

Full Presentation (PDF) attached HERE

These are all my deliverables for the advanced materials seminar, Including papers on Straw Bale buildings, Igloos, Grass Roofs, and my experiments in Natural Material creation.

Final Natural Material Experiment

Igloo Paper

Straw Bale Paper

Concrete Paper

Material Project Paper

Material Architect Project

For the fanal presentacion I introduce the Hybrid material created from recycled EPS and cement. durong the process of mix this materials, I use the biopolimer from the nopal. For the design  of the brick I play with the form of it to create holes in the wall from the assembly of it , this as part of the context of the north of mexico that is a desert and semidesert zone. the tile design has a pattern print in the main face and have a joint points that make this pattern unify.

FORM FOR INNOVATE ARCHITECT_  nature_materials_form_-rael-san-fratello.doc

FORM FOR INNOVATE PROJECT_ nature_materials_form_-baubotanik.doc

Tejemani is a why of constructing houses in the Dominican Republic. Is about doing a net with bamboo straws or what ever natural and strong straws they are able to get and doing a net with them, after that is about putting a few one togethers and finishing it with mud to get a nice end wall.

Jose Horacio Marranzini is a local architect in the Dominican Republic who has been working on this meshes structures to create enviromental and low cost houses that can be build on remote places.