Overview
How best can we stimulate lasting recovery from floods, earthquakes, and other climate disasters, with limited resources and funds? How can we deliver housing and adequate shelter that will protect as many people as possible across the world from anticipated future floods or extreme weather? Widely available limestone is a key component to achieving these goals. When burned and combined with local clay-rich soil or pozzolans (locally available burnt brick dust or various types of ash) it can create low-cost, flood-resilient building components: foundations, wall blocks, renders, plasters, and floor and roof screeds that remain stable in wet conditions and under water. Many communities are familiar with basic construction, and so, once equipped with the skills to work with these low-cost, locally available materials, they can lead their own recovery. Advice includes the selection, preparation and application of binders, aggregates and pozzolans and their mix ratios supported by detailed illustrations of practical field tests for a range of building elements. As well as setting out methods for using soil and other local materials in the construction of new housing in rural communities affected by climate disaster, Building with Lime-Stabilized Soil also describes their use in repairs to historic buildings. Many old buildings, some standing for over 700 years, are testament to the durability of these materials. Stafford Holmes and Bee Rowan show with numerous detailed examples and instruction that the use of lime-stabilized soil is the most ecological, cost-saving, appropriate technology for a wide range of buildings across the world.
Full Product Details
Author: Stafford Holmes (Architect) ,
Bee Rowan
Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
Imprint: Practical Action Publishing
Weight: 0.634kg
ISBN: 9781788530019
ISBN 10: 1788530012
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 01 September 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Author Information
Stafford Holmes is an architect who specializes in the care and repair of historic buildings. He has written books and technical articles on building limes, describing their many uses and ecological benefits, including Building with Lime, with Michael Wingate, first published in 1997. Bee Rowan is Director of Strawbuild, one of the United Kingdom and Europe’s foremost training companies in sustainable construction techniques, committed to building community resilience and offering training courses for the humanitarian and post-disaster reconstruction and recovery sectors.
