Name of the project
A private residence at Mysore
Type of project
Construction using appropriate building technologies
Location
Mysore
Role played by the member
Design, consultancy and supervision
Background
The use of stabilized mud blocks for building has been consistently promoted and popularized by CART. For which it has arranged frequent demonstrations and training programs of its production and proper use.
CART provides training, advice, assistance with production, quality control, testing and machines. Many houses made in Compressed Stabilized Earth blocks, in and around Mysore, stand as testimony to this.
Villagers too have utilized this technology and a few mud block structures have come up in villages around Mysore. A number of village youth have been trained in the production of stabilized mud blocks. They have now taken to mud block production as full time employment. Some of them are now constructing their own homes with stabilized mud blocks.
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