Design consideration and socio-cultural and environmental aspects of stabilized soil technology

Abstract EN

This paper examines the level of technical achievement in design and the level of social acceptance of cement-stabilized building blocks.

The purpose here is to show the possibilities offered by stabilized soil with cement as applied to various stages of design and construction work.

The methods described are those normally used for simple buildings in their fundamental aspects producing a built environment that characterizes such technology.

It is a common experience that the choice of any technology is not only affected by technical and economical features but also by many closely related factors of social, cultural and institutional nature.

Accordingly the second part of the paper is to concentrate on these aspects with particular emphasis on the problems associated with attempting to introduce stabilized soil technology.