Report # 141 : Vivienda de Bahareque
by Dominik Lang, Roberto Merlos, Lisa Holliday, Manuel A. Lopez M. The bahareque construction type refers to a mixed timber, bamboo and mud wall construction technique which was the most frequently used method for simple houses in El Salvador before the 1965 earthquake (Levin, 1940; Yoshimura and Kuroki, 2001). According to statistics of the Vice-ministry […]
Report # 14 : Vivienda de Adobe (Adobe house)
by Manuel A. Lopez M., Julian Bommer, Gilda Benavidez This housing type can be found in rural and urban areas. Rural: Adobe houses are generally small structures, 5 x 6 m in the plan, having load-resistant walls made of adobe bricks between 0.3 and 0.5 m thick. Usually, they are single-family (5-person) houses. Wood planks […]