A South-African Building Renaissance

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A South-African Building Renaissance

• Onderzoeksbespreking
• 22-23 november 2004

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Programma 22 november 2004
09.00 - 09.30u Ontvangst Opening 09.30 -
11.00u Petria Jooste-Smit, Gerhard Bosman,
Michiel v.d. Velden Het onderzoek tot nu toe
11.00 - 11.30u Koffiepauze 11.30 - 12.30u
Bespreking voortgang, volgende fasen, strategie,
ontwikkeling, toetsing Nelke van der Lans
Tweede fase SANPAD 12.30 - 14.00u Lunch
University Club 14.00 - 14.30u Annelies van
Bronswijk Methodiek 14.30 - 15.00u Kees
Doevendans Wetenschap en vernieuwing 15.00 -
16.00u Discussie Verslag artikelen
werkverdeling 16.00 - 18.00u Bezoek Eindhoven
(indien gewenst) 18.00 - ........u Borrel
diner
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Programma 23 november 2004
09.00 - 09.30u Petria Jooste-Smit Bouwen met
aarde in SA Tradities, opties en hedendaagse
ontwikkelingen 09.30 - 10.00u Gerhard Bosman De
locaties van het onderzoek in SA 10.00 - 10.30u
Das Steyn De bijdrage van kleine
steenbakkerijen in de economische ontwikkeling
van Botchabelo 10.30 - 11.00u Koffiepauze 11.00 -
11.30u Peter Schmid Duurzaamheid 11.30 -
11.45u Naar Vertigo, vloer 7, zaal 07 11.45 -
12.45u Sjap Holst Leembouw, state of the art in
Nederland 12.45 - 13.00u Terug naar de University
Club 13.00 - 14.30u Lunch University Club
wandeling over de campus 14.30 - 15.00u Wolf
Schijns De vernaculaire bouwwijzen in
Egypte 15.00 - 17.00u Samenvatting,
eindbespreking, sluiting
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Methodology of Research

• A South-African Building Renaissance

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Research Hypothesis
Proper research and development can make earth
construction an acceptable and sustainable
alternative to conventional techniques (It can
even make earth construction a standard building
method. It will help the poorest of the poor to
acquire housing of a better quality)
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Methodology

1. Desk research on causal relationships
2. Sampling (selection of target communities)
3. Acceptability Model
4. Pre-intervention assessment
5. Intervention (Workshops)
6. Post-intervention assessment
7. Conclusion

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Acceptability Model

1. Criteria for target communities
2. Comparison (i) Building with corrugated iron
   sheets plastic (worse, but earth building is
   just as cheap) (ii) Building with concrete
   blocks (just as good, but earth building is
   cheaper)
3. Desk research questionnaire data
4. Transform to normality when needed
5. Perform Principal Component Analysis to unveil
   associations
6. Pinpoint causal relationships
7. Predict acceptability, showing the best
   interventions to increase acceptability