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PUCP – Terra 2012 – Call for submission of abstracts: Deadline extension

CALL FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS: DEADLINE EXTENSION
The organizers of the Terra 2012 Conference are pleased to announce that more than 200 abstracts have been received. In order to meet the request of many people interested in participating in the Conference, the deadline for submission of abstracts has been extended until Monday, March 21st, 2011. For more information go to http://congreso.pucp.edu.pe/terra2012/.

INVITACIÓN A PRESENTAR RESÚMENES DE PONENCIAS: EXTENSIÓN DEL PLAZO
Los organizadores de la Conferencia Terra 2012 tienen el placer de comunicar que se han recibido más de 200 resúmenes de ponencias. Para atender al pedido de muchas personas interesadas en participar en la conferencia se ha ampliado el plazo de recepción de resúmenes hasta el lunes 21 de marzo de 2011. Para más información consultar en http://congreso.pucp.edu.pe/terra2012/.

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EarthUSA 2011

EarthUSA 2011 will be Sep 30, Oct 1 and 2. Location will be at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.

This is the Sixth International Earthbuillding Conference sponsored by the Adobe Association of the Southwest and Northern New Mexico College. The National Hispanic Cultural Center and Adobe in Action will also be sponsors. The Adobe Association of the Southwest is expected to turn itself into Adobe USA.

EarthUSA 2011 indicates a wider field of interest than previous conferences and will include adobe, rammed earth, compressed earth block: CEB, and monolithic adobe: cob. Any material or method that uses clay to bind it together is considered.

Calendar:
May 3: Abstracts due
Jun 3: Acceptance notifications
Aug 5: Full Papers due
Sep 9: Proceedings go to press
Sep 30, Oct 1: Conference and Trade Fair
Oct 2: Tour
Oct 3 -7: Classes, Workshops
Oct 1 – 9: Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta

Categories/Themes:
1. Contemporary earthen architecture, construction and engineering
2. Historical buildings, farms, villages and cities including cultural connotations
3. Conservation, Preservation, Replication, Remodeling, Modernizing, Re-purposing
4. The role of earthen materials in heating, cooling, sustainable, ecological, renewable and green design
5. Codes, norms, building methods, material science, seismic considerations
6. Earthbuilding education and technology transfer
7. Marketing strategies for earthen materials in the modern world

Conference Languages:
Spanish and English
Papers will be printed in the Conference Proceedings in the language received. Papers received with translations will be printed in both languages PowerPoint presentations are encouraged to be labeled in both languages

Costs:
The Conference Registration will cost $185 USD with reduction for students. Authors and presenters also pay the registration fee. EarthUSA 2011 is a small conference with few financial resources. A one-day tour will be available Sunday for local earthbuilding sites the cost to be determined. Four and five-day courses and workshops October 3 through 7 are being planned and will include basic adobe construction; rammed earth construction; and arch,vault and dome construction.

Submit your abstract as an e-mail attachment in .DOC format no later than May 3, 2011. Please address your e-mail to: Quentin Wilson, Speakers Committee: earthusa.org@gmail.com

For more information and to download the abstract template visit: www.earthusa.org

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LEHM 2012

Every four years the Dachverband Lehm e.V., the German Association for Building with Earth, organises an international conference and trade fair on building with earth in a different earth building region in Germany together with an excursion in the region.

We are pleased to announce that the LEHM 2012, the 6th International Conference on Building with Earth, organised by the Dachverband Lehm e.V. will take place from 5 – 7 October 2012 in Weimar, the birthplace of the Bauhaus and a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The LEHM 2012 will encompass the conference with presentations and poster session on 5 – 6 October 2012 and an excursion on 7 October 2012. The conference programme will cover the following topics:

-Earth building norms and regulations
-Current research in earth building
-Training and education in earth building
-Sustainability in earth building
-Contemporary earth building
-Earth building in renovation

The presentations, papers and poster session contributions will be published in the conference proceedings to accompany the conference. The ‘Call for Papers’ opens in April 2011.

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TerrAsia2011

Asian countries possess a rich archaeological, historical, and vernacular earthen architectural heritage. Research studies have been carried out through the last decades, gradually promoting this cultural richness even though many Asian countries haven’t yet finished drawing up their immovable heritage inventory. Moreover, many more countries of the region are considering the major challenge of preserving their earth architectural heritage. Thus, more projects of conservation and valorization of sites, many of them having been listed on a national scale and by the UNESCO’s prestigious List of World Heritage, are being set up. Another important challenge is the necessity of promoting sustainable architecture and living environment at the core of which the use of natural building materials plays a decisive part. Among these, earthen materials are both abundant and accessible, and together with the rich knowledge and knowhow related to them, offer a great potential. Many fundamental investigations on the material, experimentations on building techniques, but also R&D projects aiming at promoting innovations, have been carried out during the last decades in Asian countries. All these scientific, cultural, social and economic assets, all these progresses, decisive for the future of the Asian Region should be reviewed and much more widely disseminated within the international community. This conference offers such an opportunity.

The conference aims chiefly at assessing the state of the art in research, fundamental and applied, as well as the research and development (R&D) related to earth architecture in the Asian Region, to study recent developments in the field of heritage conservation (archaeological sites, historical and monumental architecture, vernacular building cultures), recent architectural design and housing projects, and recent achievements valorizing the use of earth for promoting a cultural continuity and contributing to the sustainable development and preservation of the cultural diversity.

Schedule
30 March 2011 – Submission of abstracts
30 April 2011 – Notification of abstracts’ acceptance
30 June 2011 – Sending full papers
15 July 2011 – Notification of papers’ revision
15 September 2011 – Final paper delivery

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Adobe Alliance Nubian Vault Workshop

The Adobe Alliance is hosting a Nubian Vault Workshop March 6th through 13th. Participants will be introduced to the craft of building a Nubian vault using small bricks measuring 10″x7″x1.5″. Hands-on teaching and theory are offered in English and Spanish by Instructor Stevan de la Rosa of Baja California. Simone Swan teaches design, history and gladly discusses in English and French, experiences in earth architecture based on her apprenticeship in Egypt with architect Hassan Fathy (1900-1989). Workshops are limited to 10 participants. There will be three Intern positions for hard working individuals who would like to immerse themselves deeper in the knowledge of woodless construction. Internship runs from March 1st until March 22nd.

Workshop fees for students run $600 paid by February 5th, and $650 thereafter. This includes instruction, materials, and lunches for the duration of the workshop. On site camping with minimal facilities is $3.00 per person per night. For more information about the workshop and to register, write to stevan81@gmail.com and visit our webpage. An early, non-refundable deposit of $200 to the non-profit Adobe Alliance, Inc., allows us to reserve a slot for each student, thus helping to cover in advance the expenses of preparatory work.

Information on lodging, meals and directions is posted on the website www.adobealliance.org. The Adobe Alliance, Inc., continues its curriculum of adobe design and building thanks to funding made by believers in the future of earth architecture as a healthy and structurally sound material for living. Donations are needed for running our program and are eminently appreciated.

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Earth Architecture | Mud, Stone & Shale Conference

THE UNIVERSITY OF HADRAMUT FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | MUKALLA & DA‘WAN MUD BRICK ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION Are pleased to announce the Second Conference on Mud Brick Architecture to be held in Hadramut in 2011 under the title: Earth Architecture | Mud, Stone & Shale

The conference will provide a platform to discuss and exchange information amongst international architects, academics, participants and foundations on the condition of past and future cities with innovative and creative projects in construction and design including a wide spectrum from Chile to India. This intends to create an important link and exchange between North and South, east and west, where the technology architectural language and environment of earth architecture requires to be more seriously and effectively implemented. The fact that it is being held in the heart of the kingdom of mud brick architecture, Valley of Hadramut, serves a significant case in point.

Venue: Say’un, Wadi Hadramut | Republic of Yemen

Dates: 28 February – 4 March 2011

Official Language English & Arabic for presentation- (Papers in French will be accepted for publication in the Conference proceedings).

Conference Themes:

1. Architectural Rehabilitation and Development
2. Modern & Contemporary Buildings: Innovation, Construction and Design (Case Studies and Projects)
3. Yemeni Cities & Vernacular Architecture at Risk: Dilapidation, Destruction & Flood Damage
4. Future Use of Restored Residential Clusters & Heritage Landmarks
5. Environmental Issues: Sustainable Planning Methods & Guidelines

Attending international participants include leading specialists, academics and architects from India, Chile, Portugal, Italy, UK, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and France. Queries please contact Salma Samar Damluji at: salmasamar@damluji.org

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CEASID EARTH ARCHITECTURE TRAINING

The Center for Earth Architecture & Sustainable Integrated Development (CEASID) in Bangalore, India is hosting a Certificate Training Course in Earth Architecture. Details below:

Part-I (1week)
* Duration- 27th December-31st December 2010 (Mon-Fri)

*Eligibility – Open for all .
…(Architects/Non-Architects/students/Professionals/working/non-working).

*Fees- Indian Rupees -7,500 /- plus registration.

*Training contents:(Theory + Practice + Field visits):
-Introduction to Earth Architecture & its scope.
-Soil Identification,Stabilization & Soil Tests.
-Compressed stabilized Earth Blocks(CSEB) Production & Use
-Earth Arches, Vaults & Domes(AVD)-Construction & Use
-CSEB & AVD Case Studies
-Block making
-Feild Study & site visits
-Design Studio
-Participants’ Sessions & Their work presentations.

*Note-
-Training certificate & Training manual will be given at the end of the training.
-Intake:Minimum seats -10,Maximum seats -40 candidates.
– The training is very intensive and that any lecture/session missed will be detrimental to the trainee.

Part-II (1week)

* Duration- 02nd January-06th January 2011 (Sun-Thur)

*Eligibility – Open for all .
…(Architects/Non-Architects/students/Professionals/working/non-working).

*Fees- Indian Rupees -7,500 /- plus registration.

*TRAINING CONTENTS:
(Theory + Practice + Field visits+ Design Studio):

-Introduction to Earth Architecture & its scope.
-Introduction to World Earth Technologies:
-1.Extruded Technology
-2.Daubed Technology
-3.Poured Technology
-4.Formed Technology
-5.Projected Earth Technology
-6.Hybrid Technology
-7.Papercrete Technology
-8.Dug Out Technology
-9.Covered Technology
-10.Filled In Technology
-11.Cut Technology
-12.Compressed & Rammed Technology.
-13.Shaped Technology
-14.Stacked Technology
-15.Moulded Technology
-Earthquake resistant earth construction
-Earth Fast & Movable Construction
-Case studies
-Feild Study & site visits
-Design Studios
-Participants’ Sessions & Their work presentations.

*Note-
-Training certificate & Training manual will be given at the end of the training.
-Intake:Minimum seats -10,Maximum seats -40 candidates.
– The training is very intensive and that any lecture/session missed will be detrimental to the trainee.

*For Registration please Contact-
Ar.Mrs.Shubha Shukla
(Founder & Director CEASID,Bangalore,India)
Ph – 09620878423
email: ceasid@gmail.com

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Terra 2012

The International Scientific Committee on Earthen Architectural Heritage (ISCEAH) and the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) are pleased to announce that the XI International Conference on the Study and the Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage, Terra 2012, will be held in Lima, Peru, from April 23rd to 27th, 2012. The main theme of the conference will be “Conservation of Earthen Architectural Heritage against Natural Disasters and Climatic Change” and more than 500 specialists in the fields of earthen architecture are expected to attend.

The conference will provide a unique and invaluable opportunity to discuss and exchange information on the latest advances in the research and conservation field. Moreover, participants will learn about the cultural identity of earthen architecture in Latin America and be able to observe firsthand conservation issues in Peru, a country with a long and rich tradition of construction with earth.

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EARTHWORKS: International Summer School

EARTH WORKS: International Summer School will take place September 1st – 18th, 2010 in Gmunden, Upper Austria. Instructed by Martin Rauch and Anna Heringer, the aim of the summer program is to acquire intensive hands-on experience and to gain application-oriented knowledge in buiding with earth to associate this timeless material to innovative architecture. The central focus in to obtain practical experience and to learn by doing.

The program is jointly organized by BASEhabitat, the Technical University Munich , CRATerre-ENSAG and the UIA. Closing date for application: 28th of June 2010. For further information and online-application, please visit www.basehabitat.ufg.ac.at

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VIIIº SIACOT y IIº SAACT 2009

VIIIº SIACOT—SEMINARIO IBEROAMERICANO DE CONSTRUCCIÓN CON TIERRA
IIº SAACT—SEMINARIO ARGENTINO DE ARQUITECTURA Y CONSTRUCCION CON TIERRA
Tucumán, Argentina, 08 al 13 de junio de 2009

Lugar de realización: CRIATiC – FAU / UNT Avda. Roca 1800. San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Responsable: Prof. Arq. Rafael F. Mellace – Director del CRIATiC
Co-responsable: Dra. Arqta. Silvia Cirvini – Directora INCIHUSA
Aprobado por: Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCYT)
Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva / Presidencia de la Nación

Objetivos
Ambos Seminarios apuntan a un doble objetivo: por una parte, reunir a los científicos, tecnólogos y profesionales que trabajan en torno al tema para analizar, desde el pasado hacia el presente, tanto lo referente al patrimonio cultural, como al estado actual de la tecnología de construcción con tierra. Por otra, habilitar un espacio de discusión que permita examinar el desarrollo de los programas y proyectos en marcha, evaluando posibles resultados hacia futuro.

En tal sentido, las acciones fundamentales se dirigen a actualizar, registrar, discutir y difundir los avances producidos en las investigaciones tecnológicas y las innovaciones propuestas para el diseño, la producción y la conservación de la arquitectura de tierra en diversos contextos regionales. Al mismo tiempo, estimular el intercambio de experiencias, fortalecer las relaciones técnico-científicas entre organismos, centros de investigación y profesionales de Iberoamérica vinculados a la disciplina y trazar los lineamientos de posibles programas que puedan implementarse en el futuro.
Destinatarios
Los Seminarios están dirigidos a profesionales arquitectos, ingenieros civiles y constructores, ambientalistas, geólogos, antropólogos; a maestros de obra, artesanos, técnicos y estudiantes de cualquiera de estas disciplinas.

Áreas temáticas
A fin de permitir una evaluación general del campo del saber y práctica del arte, las conferencias, ponencias de base, comunicaciones, pósters o exposición de trabajos se encuadrarán en las siguientes áreas temáticas:

I_ Presente y porvenir de la arquitectura y de la construcción con tierra: El estado del arte; problemas críticos relevados

II_Arquitectura de tierra y medio ambiente: Creatividad y sustentabilidad

III_Investigación y desarrollo tecnológico: Materiales, componentes, sistemas y procesos constructivos. Resistencia y durabilidad / Sismo y humedad

IV_Patrimonio edilicio: Inventario. Intervención. Preservación / restauración. Patrimonio turístico, gestión y gerenciamiento. Difusión

V_Normalización: Estado de la cuestión. Normas y recomendaciones técnicas. Alcances y ámbitos de aplicación

VI_Proyectos ejemplares: Diseño, construcción y mantenimiento. Vivienda social, individual. Prototipos y transferencia

VII_Educación, Formación y Capacitación: Recursos humanos, profesionales, técnicos y artesanales

Instituciones que auspician el evento
UNT – Universidad Nacional de Tucumán
FAU – Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo
SIDETEC – Secretaria de Estado de Innovación y Desarrollo Tecnológico de Tucumán
CRICYT- Centro Regional de Investigaciones Científicas y Tecnológicas, Mendoza
PROTIERRA – Red Argentina de Promoción y Difusión de la Arquitectura de tierra. Tucumán
PROTERRA – Red Iberoamericana de Arquitectura y Construcción con Tierra. México DF
Comité Científico
_Guerrero Baca, Luis Fernando
Doctor Arquitecto, UAM, Azcapotzalco, México. Máster en Arquitectura, Restauración de Monumentos. ENCRyM – INAH
_Cirvini, Silvia Augusta
Directora del Programa AHTER (Arquitectura, Historia, Tecnología y Restauración) – INCIHUSA (Instituto de Ciencias Humanas Sociales y Ambientales – CCT Mendoza (Centro Científico Tecnológico – Mendoza, Argentina)
_Guillaud, Hubert
Architecte DPLG, Maître STA, Ecole d’Architecture de Grenoble. Directeur scientifique du Laboratoire de recherche CRATerre-EAG ; Responsable de la Chaire UNESCO Architecture de terre, Cultures Constructives et Développement Durable
_Rotondaro, Rodolfo
Arquitecto UNMP. Máster CEAA-terre, Esc. Arquitectura de Grenoble, Francia; Investigador científico CONICET. Instituto de Arte Americano, (FADU/UBA)
_Martins Neves, Celia
Ing. Civil, Mestre em Engenharia Ambiental Urbana. Pesquisadora do CEPED – Centro de Pesquisas e Desenvolvimento; Universidade do Estado da Bahia.
_Gonzalez, Ariel
Ingeniero. UTN. Máster Metodología de la Investigación Científica, UNER; Especialista Control de Vectores, y Agentes en la Vivienda, Organización Panamericana de la Salud.
_Paterlini, Olga
Doctora Arquitecta, UNT. Profesora Titular Historia de la Arquitectura y Profesora Magister en Historia de la Arquitectura y el Urbanismo Latinoamericanos, FAU/UNT
_Mellace, Rafael
Arquitecto, UNT; Máster (Candid.) UBB-Chile. Profesor Titular Disciplina Construcciones. Director Académico CRIATiC, FAU/UNT
Comisión Organizadora
_Arqta. Stella Maris Latina
_Arqta. Mirta Eufemia Sosa
_Inga. Lucía Elizabeth Arias
_Arqta. Irene Cecilia Ferreyra
_Ing. Carlos Eduardo Alderete
_Dra. Silvia Augusta Cirvini
_Arq. Rafael Francisco Mellace

Modalidades de participación – Inscripción
Se podrá participar en este evento en calidad de ponente, expositor o asistente. La presentación de trabajos -ponencias, comunicaciones, póster o afiches- deberán ser inéditos y encuadrarse en alguna de las citada áreas temáticas.

Ponencias / comunicaciones
Se enviarán resúmenes en archivo tipo MS Word, con una extensión de 250 palabras como mínimo y 500 como máximo. Formato A4, con márgenes, superior 3cm.; izquierdo 3cm.; derecho e inferior 2,5cm.
Fuente Arial 11; texto sin sangría, a un espacio y medio.
Deberá contener en el encabezado:

_Título del trabajo: mayúsculas y negrita
_Nombre del autor o de los autores: tipo título y negrita
_Institución que representa: tipo oración, sin negrita.
_Dirección electrónica, teléfono y fax. (ídem anterior)
_Área temática en que se encuadra la comunicación. (ídem anterior)
_Palabras clave: hasta cuatro, tipo título y negrita

A pie de página se incluirá un breve currículum del autor / autores en un máximo de 5 renglones.

Pósters / afiches
Para la presentación de pósters se enviará un breve resúmen (hasta 250 palabras) en archivo tipo MS Word. Formato A4, con márgenes, superior 3cm.; izquierdo 3cm.; derecho e inferior 2,5cm.
Fuente Arial 11; texto sin sangría, a un espacio y medio, donde constará:

_Título del trabajo
_Autor/es. A pie de página incluirá un breve currículum del o de los autores con un máximo de 5 renglones
_Institución que representa. Dirección electrónica, teléfono y fax
_Área temática en que se encuadra
_Palabras clave: 3 en normal y tipo título

Recepción de trabajos
Ponencias / comunicaciones
La fecha límite para la recepción de los resúmenes será el 7 de marzo de 2009
Los trabajos in extenso (cuyos resúmenes hayan sido aceptados) se recibirán hasta el 25 de abril de 2009

Pósters / afiches
La fecha límite para la recepción de los resúmenes de afiches será el 25 de abril de 2009
Los pósters o afiches impresos (cuyos resúmenes hayan sido aceptados) se recibirán hasta el 30 de mayo de 2009

Idiomas oficiales
A los fines de la presentación de trabajos -ponencias, comunicaciones, póster o afiches- seran oficiales de estos encuentros, los idiomas castellano y portugués

Información
CRIATiC:
Av. Roca Nº 1800 – CP 4000 – San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
Tel 54 381 436 4093 (int 7919/7912) Fax 54 381 436 4141
Correo electrónico criatic@herrera.unt.edu.ar
Sitio web: www.criatic.com.ar