A South-African Building Renaissance Onderzoeksbespreking november 2004

22 november 2004TU Eindhoven2 Programma 22 november u Ontvangst & Opening u Petria Jooste-Smit, Gerhard Bosman, Michiel v.d. Velden: Het onderzoek tot nu toe u Koffiepauze u Bespreking voortgang, volgende fasen, strategie, ontwikkeling, toetsing Nelke van der Lans: Tweede fase SANPAD uLunch – University Club u Annelies van Bronswijk: Methodiek u Kees Doevendans: Wetenschap en vernieuwing u Discussie: Verslag – artikelen – werkverdeling uBezoek Eindhoven (indien gewenst) uBorrel – diner

22 november 2004TU Eindhoven3 Programma 23 november u Petria Jooste-Smit: Bouwen met aarde in SA; Tradities, opties en hedendaagse ontwikkelingen uGerhard Bosman: De locaties van het onderzoek in SA u Das Steyn: De bijdrage van kleine steenbakkerijen in de economische ontwikkeling van Botchabelo uKoffiepauze u Peter Schmid: Duurzaamheid uNaar Vertigo, vloer 7, zaal u Sjap Holst: Leembouw, state of the art in Nederland uTerug naar de University Club uLunch University Club + wandeling over de campus uWolf Schijns: De vernaculaire bouwwijzen in Egypte u Samenvatting, eindbespreking, sluiting

Methodology of Research A South-African Building Renaissance

22 november 2004J.E.M.H. van Bronswijk, TU Eindhoven 5 Research Hypothesis Proper research and development can make earth construction an acceptable and sustainable alternative to conventional techniques (It can even make earth construction a standard building method. It will help the poorest of the poor to acquire housing of a better quality)

22 november 2004J.E.M.H. van Bronswijk, TU Eindhoven 6 Methodology 1.Desk research on causal relationships 2.Sampling (selection of target communities) 3.Acceptability Model 4.Pre-intervention assessment 5.Intervention (Workshops) 6.Post-intervention assessment 7.Conclusion

22 november 2004J.E.M.H. van Bronswijk, TU Eindhoven 7 Acceptability Model 1.Criteria for target communities 2.Comparison: (i) Building with corrugated iron sheets & plastic (worse, but earth building is just as cheap); (ii) Building with concrete blocks (just as good, but earth building is cheaper) 3.Desk research & questionnaire data 4.Transform to normality when needed 5.Perform Principal Component Analysis to unveil associations 6.Pinpoint causal relationships 7.Predict acceptability, showing the best interventions to increase acceptability