Edition 32 - September 2008
Cúspide S.A. brings MCR to upmarket dwellings in Guayaquil
For more than 12
years "Cuspide S.A." in
Guayaquil has been producing micro concrete roofing tiles that it
uses in formal upmarket urban settlements. Architect Vicente Muñoz,
proprietor of the enterprise, was one of the first to use the
technology in Ecuador and has built hundreds of roofs with the tiles.
Read more: Cúspide S.A. brings MCR to upmarket dwellings in Guayaquil
Post-disaster reconstruction in Dominican Republic
This second
contribution to the E-magazine EcoSur series about different
experiences in reconstruction projects documents projects of grupo
sofonias in the south of the Dominican Republic from 1982 until 1993.
Read more: Post-disaster reconstruction in Dominican Republic
Through the eyes of a senior volunteer
Since
spring of this year, Ali Henzel has been onsite in Otjiwarongo,
Namibia, as a senior volunteer at the Clay House Project. Ali´s wide
field experience in several African countries and at the headquarters
of Werkhof in Darmstadt, Germany is being felt in the administrative
and management area of the CHP. From time to time EcoSouth will share
his experiences with readers of our e-magazine.
Kurt Rhyner
