Malacatoya, Nicaragua: technical sheet

Malacatoya, Nicaragua: technical sheetThis document shows how the regional government and two local organizations gave an immediate, flexible and integrative response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Mitch in Nicaragua. Integration of all the actors of the process allowed to multiply resources and became a synergy that built more than was originally planned.
A participative methodology was set up, and then, the future home owners decided the style, green areas and the distribution of the houses in the land.

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Consultants

Martín Meléndez
Dominican
Civil Engineer
Spanish and English
Microconcrete roofing tiles (MCR), CP 40 (alternative cement), adobe, tapial, burnt clay bricks, social organization, workshop planning for MCR and alternative cement, setup and implementation of housing projects, disaster prevention in construction

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Brickmakers mixing the clay in the traditional way
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