This is ideal for somalia

LionHeart-112 · Post by **LionHeart-112** » Thu May 25, 2006 12:43 pm

no thanks but i think i will keep chasing my american dream of a house made of brick/wood and a picket fence.

gurey25 · Post by **gurey25** » Thu May 25, 2006 12:45 pm

but if i go back to garadag
ill give it a go...

LaDy-Qac · Post by **LaDy-Qac** » Thu May 25, 2006 12:49 pm

But why would we need these homes in Somalia were natural disasters aren' t common at all?. I think South asia might benefit from these types of houses that' s if they are as secure as they are portrayed to be!.

gurey25 · Post by **gurey25** » Thu May 25, 2006 12:54 pm

Lady qac becuase they are cheap and can be constructed by a few geeljire with minimum training.

plus no need for imports of cement or other stuff.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Thu May 25, 2006 1:33 pm

My great grandparents built a three-room adobe house in about 1876. It stood until 1962, when it was demolished to build a more "modern" house. Family tradition has it that it was warm in the winter and cool in the summer, much more so than wooden structures of the period. It was never painted or even whitewashed on the outside, and stood intact until in was torn down.

Gurey,

How do they form that roof?

Gedo_Boy · Post by **Gedo_Boy** » Thu May 25, 2006 1:54 pm

gurey25,

Yes, that's interesting.........but I think this is more practical in Somalia........This would be great for building village-level housing because of the low costs.........this device creates blocks from the very earth you use to dig out the foundation and costs around $4K for raw materials..........this organization provides training on how to manufacture the machines and a small machine shop is enough to weld together some of these machines.

people can even start village level small businesses with this.

http://www.mountain.org/work/peak/earthblock/index.cfm

Post by **AbdiWahab252** » Thu May 25, 2006 1:54 pm

Nice post Gurey.

This beats a lot of the shacks in Somalia made of corrugated iron sheets

Gedo_Boy · Post by **Gedo_Boy** » Thu May 25, 2006 2:06 pm

gurey25,

Yes, that's interesting.........but I think this is more practical in Somalia........This would be great for building village-level housing because of the low costs.........this device creates blocks from the very earth you use to dig out the foundation and costs around $4K for raw materials..........this organization provides training on how to manufacture the machines and a small machine shop is enough to weld together some of these machines.

people can even start village level small businesses with this.

http://www.mountain.org/work/peak/earthblock/index.cfm