Hi everyone. I just joined the group and uploaded an album of
pictures showing papercrete being made in Mexico. I work with the
University of Arizona as an intern in Nogales and Guadalupe, one of
our partners, has been working on his house for over a year. With his
permission I posted these photos showing his process. We think of
papercrete as an option for low-cost housing, as well as, serving the
dual function of eliminating waste. We are trying to figure out ways
to lower the cost and improve the technology so that, among other
things, water can be collected and reused. Don Lupe is making his
roof out of papercrete using a 1:1 paper to cement ratio. Before he
was using slightly less cement and there is some mold (as seen in the
final photos of the album) in a few of the panels. Does anyone have
experience with this? I will upload later a brief history of
papercrete in Nogales, Sonora in case anyone finds it interesting.
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