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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"earth-building"”.
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Exploring Earth-Building Technology for Liberia.
<p>This paper discusses earth as a building material and the extent to which earth building technology has evolved over the years. In particular it addresses the adobe, compressed and rammed earth techniques of earth building as suitable techniques for Liberia consumption. In addition, the paper …
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Feeling Images of the Sun on Earth
… and contrast of the mass of the Sun falling on Earth. Building off landscape practices that created diverse microclimates with sunlight, solar capturing techniques are analyzed and reimagined as parts of analogue machines that translate the homogonous array of sunlight falling on an outdoor …
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Making Peace (Peacemaking) in Uganda: Theological Underpinning and Pastoral Ministries
… and the failures of the Churches in peace-building in Uganda. This work then calls upon the Churches to do more by correcting some of the mistakes made during the founding of Christianity in the country that has contributed to the current ongoing political instability in Uganda.</p><p> This …
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Developing sustainable and environmentally friendly building materials in rammed earth construction
Building rammed earth structures provides a sustainable alternative to concrete. As a building material, rammed earth exhibits very varied physical and material properties depending on the proportion of constituting soil types. When very sandy soil is used in rammed earth production, the properties …