TY - JOUR AU - Guerrero, Luis Fernand AU - Hastings, Isadora PY - 2020/11/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Transference of sustainable preservation techniques for building adobe dwellings in Ixtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico JF - Journal of Traditional Building, Architecture and Urbanism JA - JTBAU VL - IS - 1 SE - Research papers DO - 10.51303/jtbau.vi1.372 UR - https://www.traditionalarchitecturejournal.com/index.php/home/article/view/372 SP - 474 - 484 AB - Restoration of adobe structures faces problems such as the loss of traditional building knowledge. This loss has led to using materials which are incompatible with those buildings, such as the use of cement for finishings and reinforced concrete for repairing structures. In a research and action program for Oaxaca, Mexico, measures were put in place to restore adobe houses damaged during the 2017 earthquakes. These measures involved recouping vernacular construction techniques that predominantly use natural materials. The CooperaciĆ³n Comunitaria civic association organized workshops in which the people of Ixtepec could learn low-cost methods of repairing structural damages in buildings. They were trained in the construction procedures used in historical and vernacular buildings of Mexican and Peruvian seismic zones. Besides the efficiency of timber reinforcements, injecting with clayey soil, and restoring walls with rammed earth and lime, attention was drawn to the viability of transferring technologies for application in self-build projects. ER -