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A
case has been presented for the
adoption of vault forms for large-scale
construction of low-cost dwelling
units using appropriate building
components. A complete building
system has been designed for a typical
dwelling unit of area 25 m2, using
coconut shell sandwich panels for
the building envelope and coconut
shell cellular blocks for the construction
of cross walls. A vault-shaped steel
framework system has been developed
and fabricated to facilitate speedy
and repetitive construction of the
vaults. Two prototype dwelling units
have also been successfully constructed
using the developed technology in
Kerala, where coconuts are available
in abundance.
Please
click
here for a Photo Gallery of
the Coconut-shell houses.
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