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Peru Project – Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Sulphur reinforcing and topping
1969The connecting surfaces of blocks which make up shear walls, bearing walls and columns are coated with molten sulphur and fiberglass for tensile reinforcement. Sulphur mixed with sand is placed on the bamboo/foam planks and beams for structural and functional purposes.
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Sulphur reinforcing and topping
01/01/1969
Axonometric drawing describing the use of sulphur additive to the floor topping and wall surfacing for waterproofing purposes; proposed new technique .
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The Peru Project - Low Cost Housing for the United Nations: Composite bamboo & polyurethane foam planks
01/01/1969
Detail section of a composite bamboo/polyurethane foam plank, laid over a beam, with sand-sulphur topping on the planks to form the upper walking surface .
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Development of first Patterns and Pattern Languages
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