Adobe USA 2007

The Fourth Conference

Date: May 18, 19 and 20, 2007
Location: Northern New Mexico Community College, El Rito Campus
Organizer: Adobe Association of the Southwest

Adobe USA 2007 - Conference Schedule

Friday May 18, 2007

• 8:30 - 10:00 AM
  Registration

• 10:00 AM
  Welcome and Introductions
  Quentin Wilson and Alejandro Lopez; El Rito, NM USA

• 10:30 AM
  The Use of Lime in the Conservation of Earth Structures
  Francisco Uviña Contreras; New Mexico, USA
  Luis Fernando Guerrero Baca; Mexico

• 11:00 AM
  Adobe as Phase-Change Material (PCM); Concerning a Proper Classification for Earthen Building Material
  John Morony; Texas , USA

• 11:30 AM
  LIME STABILIZATION OF COMPRESSED EARTH BLOCKS
  Jim Hallock, Colorado, USA

• 12:00 - 1:30 PM
  Lunch

• 01:30 PM
  Woodless Adobe
  Nripal Adhikary; Nepal

• 2:00 PM
  Particularidades de la Albanileria de Tierra con Adobe y BTC
  Célia Neves; Brazil

• 2:30 PM
  Determinacion del la Zona De Confort: Region Purhepecha
  Héctor Javier González Licón; Mexico

• 3:00 PM
  A Reconstruction of an Ancient Airwell of Earth
  Hauke Haupts; Norway

• 3:30 - 4:00 PM
  Break

• 4:00 PM
  The Hybrid Solar Adobe Home
  Mark Chalom; New Mexico, USA

• 4:30 PM
  Structural Behaviour Assessment and Material Characterization of Traditional Adobe Constructions
  Dora Silveira; Portugal
  Humberto Varum; Portugal

• 5:00 PM
  La Enseñanza de la Arquitectura de Tierra en Tucumán, Argentina

• Rafael F. Mellace; Argentina

• 5:30 PM
  Inclusion de Residuos Ceramicos, en la Obtencion de Bloque de Tierra Estabilizada (Estudio de Caso: Municipio de Ráquira  Boyacá)
  César Augusto Pinilla Flórez; Colombia

• 6:00 - 7:30 PM
  Dinner

Friday Poster Session

• 7:00 PM
  Dynamic Testing of Rammed Earth Scale Models
  Carmen Diaz; Oklahoma, USA

• 7:30 PM
  Implementation of a Splitting Testing Procedure to Measure the Tensile Strength of Adobe Masonry
  Marcial Blondet; Peru

• 8:00 PM
  Hybrid Earth and Bamboo: A Design Challenge
  Eduardo Carvalho, Portugal

• 7:30 PM
  SOCIALIZING, INFORMAL PRESENTATIONS: SLIDES, DVDS, VIDEOS IN CUTTING HALL, JARAMILLO HALL AND THE LIBRARY

Saturday May 19, 2007

• 9:30 AM
  Demonstration of Soil Blends (located outside)
  Richard Connerty; La Puebla, New Mexico

• 10:00 AM
  Modelo de edificacion Sustentable de Tierra
  Dr. Ruben Salvador Roux Gutiérrez

• 10:30 AM
  Seismic Reinforcement of Adobe Houses Using External Polymer Mesh
  Marcial Blondet; Peru

• 11:00 AM
  Research and Preservation at Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
  Marc A. LeFrançois; New Mexico, USA

• 11:30 AM
  Comportamiento Termico de Muros de Tierra en Tucuman, Argentina
  Rafael F. Mellace; Argentina

• 12:00 - 1:30 PM
  Lunch

• 1:00 PM
  Demonstration of Compressed Earth Blocks (outside demonstration)

• 1:30 PM
  Adobe Moisture and Thermal Control
  Tim White; Albuquerque, NM USA

• 2:00 PM
  Use of Adobe on the High Andean Plains of Cundinamarca and Boyaca, Colombia
  Clara Eugenia Sanchez Gama; Colombia

• 2:30 PM
  Construccion en Tierra Cruda
  Cecilia López Pérez; Colombia

• 3:00 PM
  Degradacion de los Muros de Adobes Por Accion del Clima
  Mirta Sosa, Rafael F. Mellace; Argentina

• 3:30 - 4:00 PM
  Break

• 4:00 PM
  Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, México: Una Ciudad Histórica Construida en Adobe
  Luis Alberto Torres Garibay; Mexico
  Eugenia María Azevedo Salomao; Mexico

• 4:30 PM
  Villa Ficana in Macerata: The Restoring of a Raw Earth Quarter
  Anna Paola Conti; Macerata, Italy

• 5:00 PM
  An Experimentation on the Adobe Manufacturing Standardisation Between Past and Future
  Gaia Bollini; Italy

• 5:30 PM
  Preliminary Study on the Use of Mud-Based Grouts to Repair Structural Cracks on Adobe Walls
  Marcial Blondet; Lima, Peru

• 6:00 - 7:30 PM
  Dinner

Saturday Poster Session

• 7:00 PM
  Mud in Mainstream Media
  Kirk Higbee; Arizona, USA

• 7:30 PM
  Christ in the Desert Monastery Living Quarters
  Dino Alatzas; New Mexico, USA

• 7:30 PM
  SOCIALIZING, INFORMAL PRESENTATIONS: SLIDES, DVDS, VIDEOS IN CUTTING HALL, JARAMILLO HALL AND THE LIBRARY

Sunday May 20, 2007

• 9:30 AM
  Adobe Stabilization Techniques and Materials (outside demonstration)
  Pat Taylor; Santa Fe, NM

• 10:00 AM
  Reinforced and Stabilized Adobe Brick Building Experience in New Zealand
  Lisa Morey; New Zealand

• 10:30 AM
  Adobe Architecture: New Appropriate Methods Of Construction
  Adel Fahmy; Egypt

• 11:00 AM
  Estudio Preliminar de la Boveda de la Nave Central de la Iglesia de San Ignacio en Bogota: Bóvedas en Bahareque
  Luisa Carolina Ramos Bonilla; Colombia

• 11:30 AM
  Adobe y Transferencia: Sistematizando Las Experiencias
  Lucia Esperanza Garzon; Columbia

• 12:00 - 1:30 PM
  Lunch

DEMONSTRATIONS/INFORMAL EXCHANGE CONTINUES OUTSIDE

• 12:45 PM
  American Clay does a demonstration of their final compression layer. They also hold a a drawing for $200 or a free American Clay workshop.

• 1:30 - 2:30 PM
  REVIEW AND CLOSURE OF ADOBE USA 2007

• 2:30 - 3:30 PM
  MEMBERSHIP MEETING

• 3:30 - 4:30 PM
  BOARD MEETING

Adobe USA 2017 invited and published speakers who were not able to attend the conference:

• Brazilian Rural Adobe
  Ana Cristina Villaça; Brazi

• Urban Adobe Structures: Prospect with Special Reference to the Historic City of Ghadames, Libya
  Amer Rghei; United Arab Emirates
  Abdulgader Abufayed; Libya

• House of Prada/House of Mud
  Ronald Rael; Genoa, Italy

• The Use of Rice Hulls to Make Adobes
  Rosana S. B. Parisi; Brazil

• Chemical Stabilization Of Adobe With Self-Cementing Fly Ash
  Nurhayat Degirmenci; Turkey

• Comparative Analysis of the Thermal Performance of Three Test Buildings
  Kevan Heathcote; Sydney, Australia

• Developing our Earth-building Heritage for Quality Housing in Developing Countries
  N. A. Nwankwor; Nigeria

• Re-engineering the Traditional Adobe for Capacity and Quality
  S. C. O. A. Ezeji; Nigeria

• Arquitectura de Tierra y Conservacion en Paquime, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
  Eduardo Gamboa, Mexico