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In the past PPHPZ has experimented with low-cost building materials. They constructed a house made out of sandbags with a wooden skeleton, a  low-cost and locally available material. These natural resource are widely available in the Western Province and can be used in a sustainable way to construct houses cheaply. However, the building made in this area functioned as a model houses, to educate…

The most common building material is still brick with mortar. This is relatively expensive and sometimes has to be imported. The demand for a locally available building material that is sustainable and affordable is high. Hydraform blocks are an interesting alternative for a cheap building material, with resources that are largely available. Hydrafoam Blocks are made out of sand and cement. This…

  The dura wall technique is a technique that is not used in Zambia. The technique comes from Zimbabwe. Where the houses are built this way. The technique is simple, the concrete blocks are placed between the horizontal columns. Within the standard grid, there is variation in the design of the blocks, by decorating it. In this research, our target is: research if we can use the dura wall for…