The FerroCement Panels system allows to build a basic core shelter of 15 square meters in just 3 days, becoming a very effective emergency response system. EcoSur Network is building houses like this in Haiti, starting in Liancourt for the people affected by the earhquake.
Marcelino Castro
Nicaraguan
Civil Engineer (MSc)
Spanish, English, Russian.
MCR tiles, instruction, quality control, experience in many cultures.
The EcoSur network presents a short professional video on two major technologies, the Ferrocement panels and the Micro Concrete Roofing Tiles. Filmed in Nicaragua and Salvador, it shows production and application and gives a summary overview of those two materials that have a relatively small ecological footprint and have widely proven to be sustainable in the three classical dimensions ecology, economy and social acceptance.
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