Policy Paper for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). The case studies outlines a methodology for assessing the problems and potentials of indigenous building methods; and in each area point out how these can be used and developed to meet contemporary shelter needs and how problems that exist can be overcome; without necessitating a departure to new; imported or expensive solutions which are often beyond the financial range of the individuals in developing countries and are also frequently socially; culturally and environmentally inappropriate.
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Aga Khan Award: Selseleh Integrated Development Project (SIDP) documentation
Instructive nature of building in mud brick; development and dissemination of mud-brick; vault; dome building; wood construction; historical background; geographical influence and distribution of building types.
Alashtar Town Plan; prepared by the Prime Minister’s Office
Analysis of material including suitable soils; mud-brick types and methods of making mud-brick; process of construction;
A Strategy for Developing Indigenous Building in Earthquake Regions: Case Studies of the Bandar Abbas 1977 Earthquake and the Zarand 1978 Earthquake
The Building Program for the Selseleh Integrated Development Project (SIDP) Selected Building Project.
Report on the Building Program in the Selseleh Integrated Development Project (SIDP)
This Report is presented by the Architectural and Planning Group; Farroukh Afshar; Allan Cain; Mohammed-Reza Darai and John Norton; of the Centre for Endogenous Development Studies. The Town Plan for Alashtar has been prepared following the group’s 2.5 year’s residence in Alashtar; contact and dialogue with the local population concerning local conditions; needs; wants and available resources. The aim has been to employ principles developed from indigenous Iranian town planning; and; where appropriate; the results of comparative research from other areas in the Middle East.