At the upcoming Biennial of Architecture to be held in November 2004, EcoSouth will present a week long seminar on ecomaterials not only at the major event in Quito, but also at three other provincial universities through the country. EcoSouth experts from Guatemala, Cuba, Switzerland, and Ecuador will share their knowledge about such themes as micro concrete roofing, adobe, alternative cement and the efficient firing of clay bricks.
Past editions Edition #2, March 2004 Biennial of Architecture in Quito
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In 2005, SofoNic has started a dual education program for masons in Nicaragua, using its house-building programs as a base. Teaming up with the local technical school in Jinotepe they are graduating about ten masons every year since. Most f them have found jobs in construction or have started a business on their own. SofoNic has contracted several of them as master masons in the reconstruction programs in Haiti.
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