Papercreters: [papercreters] Re: Papercrete house in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico

Saturday, October 18, 2008

[papercreters] Re: Papercrete house in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico

Hi,

I just attended a dedication of the papercrete house in Nogales
mentioned below. We believe that as of tonight it will be the first
lived-in papercrete home in Mexico. Video will follow...

Please let me know if we are wrong and where any previously occupied
homes may be located across the border.

Another question, how many papercrete homes are there outside the United
States? Maybe a couple in Canada? Elsewhere?

Thanks,

Vince

papercreters@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Papercrete house in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
> Posted by: "cascadas17" cascadas17@yahoo.com cascadas17
> Date: Wed Oct 1, 2008 8:28 am ((PDT))
>
> 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.
>