AdobeUSA 2007 Conference Archive
Conference Schedule
FRIDAY, MAY 18
8:30:00 AM - 10:00:00 Registration
10:00:00 AM - Welcome and Introductions
Quentin Wilson and Alejandro Lopez; El Rito, NM USA
10:30:00 AM - The Use of Lime in the Conservation of Earth Structures
Francisco Uviña Contreras; New Mexico, USA
Luis Fernando Guerrero Baca; Mexico
11:00:00 AM - Adobe as Phase-Change Material (PCM); Concerning a Proper Classification for Earthen Building Material
John Morony; Texas , USA
11:30:00 AM - LIME STABILIZATION OF COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCKS
Jim Hallock, Colorado, USA
LUNCH 12:00 - 1:30pm
01:30:00 PM - Woodless Adobe
Nripal Adhikary; Nepal
02:00:00 PM - Particularidades de la Albanileria de Tierra con Adobe y BTC
Célia Neves; Brazil
02:30:00 PM - Determinacion del la Zona De Confort: Region Purhepecha
Héctor Javier González Licón; Mexico
03:00:00 PM - A Reconstruction of an Ancient Airwell of Earth
Hauke Haupts; Norway
BREAK 3:30pm - 4:00pm
04:00:00 PM - The Hybrid Solar Adobe Home
Mark Chalom; New Mexico, USA
04:30:00 PM - Structural Behaviour Assessment and Material Characterization of Traditional Adobe Constructions
Dora Silveira; Portugal
Humberto Varum; Portugal
05:00:00 PM - La Enseñanza de la Arquitectura de Tierra en Tucumán, Argentina
Rafael F. Mellace; Argentina
05:30:00 PM - Inclusion de Residuos Ceramicos, en la Obtencion de Bloque de Tierra Estabilizada (Estudio de Caso: Municipio de Ráquira Boyacá)
César Augusto Pinilla Flórez; Colombia
DINNER 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Poster Session
07:00:00 PM - Dynamic Testing of Rammed Earth Scale Models
Carmen Diaz; Oklahoma, USA
07:30:00 PM - Implementation of a Splitting Testing Procedure to Measure the Tensile Strength of Adobe Masonry
Marcial Blondet; Peru
08:00:00 PM - Hybrid Earth and Bamboo: A Design Challenge
Eduardo Carvalho, Portugal
7:30pm - ??? - SOCIALIZING, INFORMAL PRESENTATIONS: SLIDES, DVDS, VIDEOS IN CUTTING HALL, JARAMILLO HALL AND THE LIBRARY
SATURDAY, MAY 19
9:30:00 AM - Demonstration of Soil Blends (located outside)
Richard Connerty; La Puebla, New Mexico
10:00:00 AM - Modelo de edificacion Sustentable de Tierra
Dr. Ruben Salvador Roux Gutiérrez
10:30:00 AM - Seismic Reinforcement of Adobe Houses Using External Polymer Mesh
Marcial Blondet; Peru
11:00:00 AM - Research and Preservation at Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
Marc A. LeFrançois; New Mexico, USA
11:30:00 AM - Comportamiento Termico de Muros de Tierra en Tucuman, Argentina
Rafael F. Mellace; Argentina
LUNCH 12:00 - 1:30pm
1:00:00 PM - Demonstration of Compressed Earth Blocks (outside demonstration)
01:30:00 PM - Adobe Moisture and Thermal Control
Tim White; Albuquerque, NM USA
02:00:00 PM - Use of Adobe on the High Andean Plains of Cundinamarca and Boyaca, Colombia
Clara Eugenia Sanchez Gama; Colombia
02:30:00 PM - Construccion en Tierra Cruda
Cecilia López Pérez; Colombia
03:00:00 PM - Degradacion de los Muros de Adobes Por Accion del Clima
Mirta Sosa, Rafael F. Mellace; Argentina
BREAK 3:30pm - 4:00pm
04:00:00 PM - Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México: Una Ciudad Histórica Construida en Adobe
Luis Alberto Torres Garibay; Mexico
Eugenia María Azevedo Salomao; Mexico
04:30:00 PM - Villa Ficana in Macerata: The Restoring of a Raw Earth Quarter
Anna Paola Conti; Macerata, Italy
05:00:00 PM - An Experimentation on the Adobe Manufacturing Standardisation Between Past and Future
Gaia Bollini; Italy
05:30:00 PM - Preliminary Study on the Use of Mud-Based Grouts to Repair Structural Cracks on Adobe Walls
Marcial Blondet; Lima, Peru
DINNER 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Poster Session
07:00:00 PM - Mud in Mainstream Media
Kirk Higbee; Arizona, USA
07:30:00 PM - Christ in the Desert Monastery Living Quarters
Dino Alatzas; New Mexico, USA
7:30pm - ??? - SOCIALIZING, INFORMAL PRESENTATIONS: SLIDES, DVDS, VIDEOS IN CUTTING HALL, JARAMILLO HALL AND THE LIBRARY
SUNDAY, MAY 20
9:30:00 AM - Adobe Stabilization Techniques and Materials (outside demonstration)
Pat Taylor; Santa Fe, NM
10:00:00 AM - Reinforced and Stabilized Adobe Brick Building Experience in New Zealand
Lisa Morey; New Zealand
10:30:00 AM - Adobe Architecture: New Appropriate Methods Of Construction
Adel Fahmy; Egypt
11:00:00 AM - Estudio Preliminar de la Boveda de la Nave Central de la Iglesia de San Ignacio en Bogota: Bóvedas en Bahareque
Luisa Carolina Ramos Bonilla; Colombia
11:30:00 AM - Adobe y Transferencia: Sistematizando Las Experiencias
Lucia Esperanza Garzon; Columbia
LUNCH 12:00 - 1:30pm
12:45pm American Clay will do a demonstration of their final compression layer. They will do a drawing for $200 or a free American Clay workshop.
DEMONSTRATIONS/INFORMAL EXCHANGE CONTINUES OUTSIDE
1:30pm - 2:30pm - REVIEW AND CLOSURE OF ADOBEUSA 2007
2:30pm - 3:30pm - MEMBERSHIP MEETING
3:30pm - 4:30pm - BOARD MEETING
Invited and published speakers who will not be able to attend the conference:
Brazilian Rural Adobe
Ana Cristina Villaça; Brazi
Urban Adobe Structures: Prospect with Special Reference to the Historic City of Ghadames, Libya
Amer Rghei; United Arab Emirates
Abdulgader Abufayed; Libya
House of Prada/House of Mud
Ronald Rael; Genoa, Italy
The Use of Rice Hulls to Make Adobes
Rosana S. B. Parisi; Brazil
Chemical Stabilization Of Adobe With Self-Cementing Fly Ash
Nurhayat Degirmenci; Turkey
Comparative Analysis of the Thermal Performance of Three Test Buildings
Kevan Heathcote; Sydney, Australia
Developing our Earth-building Heritage for Quality Housing in Developing Countries
N. A. Nwankwor; Nigeria
Re-engineering the Traditional Adobe for Capacity and Quality
S. C. O. A. Ezeji; Nigeria
Arquitectura de Tierra y Conservacion en Paquime, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
Eduardo Gamboa, Mexico
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