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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 materials - preferably recycled or donated - and implements the use of plastic waste. The end product must be cost efficient and must satisfy safety codes. | 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 materials - preferably recycled or donated - and implements the use of plastic waste. The end product must be cost efficient and must satisfy safety codes. | ||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
The site location of our project is in the heart of a community called Las Malvinas. Las Malvinas is located on the north side of the city of Santo Domingo, 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 communities needs. It was settled that the communities top priority was an affordable local pharmacy. Two walls of the pharmacy will be built using an alternative method to concrete blocks [[Las Malvinas Botica Popular Upcycled Cinder Blocks]]. 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 Cook (Humboldt State University students). Our goal is to finish the pharmacy by July 6th, 2013. | The site location of our project is in the heart of a community called Las Malvinas. Las Malvinas is located on the north side of the city of Santo Domingo, 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 communities needs. It was settled that the communities top priority was an affordable local pharmacy. Two walls of the pharmacy will be built using an alternative method to concrete blocks ([[Las Malvinas Botica Popular Upcycled Cinder Blocks]]). 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 Cook (Humboldt State University students). Our goal is to finish the pharmacy by July 6th, 2013. | ||
==Literature Review== | ==Literature Review== | ||
Revision as of 21:57, 10 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 materials - preferably recycled or donated - 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 on the north side of the city of Santo Domingo, 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 communities needs. It was settled that the communities top priority was an affordable local pharmacy. Two walls of the pharmacy will be built using an alternative method to concrete blocks (Las Malvinas Botica Popular Upcycled Cinder Blocks). 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 Cook (Humboldt State University students). Our goal is to finish the pharmacy by July 6th, 2013.
Literature Review
See Las Malvinas botica popular ecoladrillo 2013 for the project that this research was completed for.
Site Location
Las Malvinas
How to get to Las Malvinas from UNIBE
Climate
Plastic Bottle Waste
Ecoladrillo
Ecorbricks out of garbage vs Ecobricks out of clay Ecobricks out of garbage helps clean the environment due to using massive non recyclable materials to fill the bottles The need to mine clay out the ground needing more man power and causes more environmental damage. Ecoclay bricks are heavier than those bricks made out of garbage. Will be used a LOT of both materials (clay and garbage) to fill the bottles, so it is necessary to use the most common and easy one to get. In resume we are going to use ecoladrillo out of garbage due to their advantages to the enviroment Ecoladrillo (made out of garbage)
What has been done
Dos and Dont's
Dos
• Synthetic materials (plastics, aluminum and things made out of polystyrene), are the perfect eco brick filling.
• The bottle when filled must not mold down if standed upon- therefore the word brick.
• Clean and dry bottles
• Secure the bottles in a dry safe place secured by their caps on
Dont's
• Do NOT use recyclable materials
• Do NOT leave the bottles uncapped
• Do NOT leave organic materials inside the bottles (it can cause mold and other unpredictable bacteria to form).
References http://bottleschools.org/wiki/Making_%E2%80%9Ceco-bricks%E2%80%9D http://burketthoenefamilymission.blogspot.com/2013/05/eco-bricks.html
Botica Popular
Botica Popular is the name given to a small, government supported pharmacies in the Dominican Republic that caters to low-income families. They offer an array of basic medications (typically only generic) at a much lower cost. [1] The name “Botica Popular” appears to be a common term used to refer to pharmacies provided by the Ministry of Public Health’s Essential Drugs Program (Promese/Cal). [2] Available medications include antihypertensive, antiallergic, vitamins, cold remedies, analgesics, serums and suture material.[3]