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Revision as of 13:01, 17 June 2013
Project Introduction
Objective
The objective for this project is to build a small local pharmacy (Botica Popular) for the people of Las Malvina, which will provide basic medications to the community at a much lower cost. The pharmacy will be built over a cistern that is currently being finished. Our goal is to design and construct a sound structure that utilizes local and readily available materials and implements the use of plastic waste. The end product must be cost efficient and must satisfy safety codes.
Background
The site location of our project is in the heart of a community called Las Malvinas. Las Malvinas is located in Santo Domingo Norte, across from Rio Isabela, and is home to more than 150 families. A number of community leaders gathered at a meeting with members from Colectivo RevArk and Practivistas Dominicana on June 2, 2013 to discuss the needs of the community. It was settled that the top priority of the community was to build a structure for a local pharmacy. Two walls of the pharmacy will be built using concrete blocks built with alternative materials. The remaining two walls will be built using an ecoladrillo technique. The ecoladrillo team consists of Mabel, Cesar, and Hammerly (UNIBE students) and Brandon, Adrienne, and Justine (Humboldt State University students). Our goal is to finish the pharmacy by July 6th, 2013.
Las Malvinas
Criteria
| Criteria | Constraints | Weight (0-10) |
|---|---|---|
| Safety | The building is structurally sound and meets safety standards | 10 |
| Security | The wall can withstand burglary | 9 |
| Affordability | The building method is cost efficient | 8 |
| Materials | Appropriate and locally sourced materials, easily obtained by community | 8 |
| Longevity | The structure is built with the future in mind; something that will last | 8 |
| Replicable | The building is built using methods that are easily replicated by the community members | 7 |
| Climate/Environmental | The structure is weather and environmentally appropriate | 7 |
| Educational | The methods and the structure act as an educational piece | 6 |
Timeline
| Date | Activity | Photos | Members |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 5th | Work on cistern | Everyone | |
| June 15 | Develop prototypes. Using a wooded frame (2' x 4') and chicken wire, the group experimented with a mortar and plastic bottle wall. In addition, a similar technique was used to develop a block type prototype. On this day more progress was made on the cistern as well. Also, many valuable community concerns were presented. Most notably from Gregory and Julio who expressed their concerns with security, stating that a ecoladrillo on a pharmacy that carries valuable medicine would need to be able to withstand burglary. At the end of the day, Domingo, a valuable asset in previous projects was contacted and it was agreed that we would meet the following morning to further discuss ecoladrillo. | Adrienne, Brandon, Justine, Mabel | |
| June16 | Meet with Domingo. Clay prototype. Cistern | Adrienne, Brandon, Cesar, Justine, Mabel |
Literature Review
See Las Malvinas Botica Popular Ecoladrillo 2013/Literature Review for relevant research completed for this project.