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This project was part of the Summer 2013 [[Practivistas Dominicana]] project, led by Lonny Grafman in the Dominican Republic. Five students, three from Cal Poly Humboldt ([http://www.humboldt.edu HSU]) in California and two from Universidad Iberoamericana ([http://www.unibe.edu.do UNIBE]) in Santo Domingo, collaborated with the community of Las Malvinas to construct three walls for a "Botica Popular" in the community. This experimented with cinder blocks, or concrete masonry units (CMUs) made of various upcycled materials such as sawdust, paper and rice hulls mixed with cement and pressed using an industrial cinder block maker. At the same time another team worked on building an internal wall out of [[ecoladrillo]], or upcycled plastic bottles.
This project was part of the Summer 2013 [[Practivistas Dominicana]] project, led by Lonny Grafman in the Dominican Republic. Five students, three from Cal Poly Humboldt ([http://www.humboldt.edu HSU]) in California and two from Universidad Iberoamericana ([http://www.unibe.edu.do UNIBE]) in Santo Domingo, collaborated with the community of Las Malvinas to construct three walls for a "Botica Popular" in the community. This experimented with cinder blocks, or concrete masonry units (CMUs) made of various upcycled materials such as sawdust, paper and rice hulls mixed with cement and pressed using an industrial cinder block maker. At the same time another team worked on building an internal wall out of [[ecoladrillo]], or upcycled plastic bottles.


Las Malvinas is a rural barrio on the Northern outskirts of Santo Domingo, next to the La Isabela industrial zone. Las Malvinas and Practavistas began working together in 2012, when together they built a schoolhouse out of ecoladrillo and papercrete blocks. Through a series of public meetings Las Malvinas community members have identified and prioritized a list of needs. On that list are access to running water and medicine. To address the need for water a team of motivated community leaders constructed a large cistern (approx. 50 cubic meters). An engineer from UNIBE assisted in the design. To address the need for medicine the two student teams mentioned above worked with community members to construct a Botica Popular. The Botica Popular sits partially on top of the cistern and is approximately 6 meters long and 3 meters wide.
Las Malvinas is a rural barrio on the Northern outskirts of Santo Domingo, next to the La Isabela industrial zone. Las Malvinas and Practavistas began working together in 2012, when together they built a schoolhouse out of ecoladrillo and papercrete blocks. Through a series of public meetings Las Malvinas community members have identified and prioritized a list of needs. On that list are access to running water and medicine. To address the need for water a team of motivated community leaders constructed a large cistern (approx. 50 cubic meters). An engineer from UNIBE assisted in the design. To address the need for medicine the two student teams mentioned above will work with community members to construct a Botica Popular. The Botica Popular sits partially on top of the cistern and is approximately 6 meters long and 3 meters wide.


=== Botica Popular ===
=== Botica Popular ===
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