Low Cost Affordable Housing

[Bernard Lefebvre]

The project involved the setting up of building material (Habitech Building System) production facilities to supply communities reconstructing villages after the Dec. 26 – 2005 Asian Tsunami in Nam Khem Phangna Province of Thailand.

The village design used guidelines for ecological tropical villages developed by UNEP-RRC.AP where treatment of waste-water is done through sub-terra purification.

The 72 m2 two bedrooms 2-storey houses were built by the community members themselves working under mutual-aid techniques. They were trained in construction through a series of sessions corresponding to phases (foundation, walls, floors, roof and services). The budget for the materials and labor for each houses was 4,000 and 1,000 Euros respectively.

The housing project was funded by the European Commission and the Rotary Club of Thailand while the production of building materials by the town of Cuxhaven - Germany.

More can be seen on the technology used to construct the villages at:

http://www.habitech-international.com