Project Site: Fangtian Village, Deshi Township, Miyi County, Panzhihua City, Sichuan

As Sichuan Province is in the earthquake zone, the officials of Miyi County have a strong interest in learning more about seismic rammed-earch construction technology. They visited 1U1V earth house project sites several times and planned to promote this construction technology in its jurisdiction. In addition, there are more than 1,000 Yi immigrants in Miyi County, many of them are living in remote mountainous towns and villages. Most of their houses were purchased from local Han people. Due to their economic condition and cultural level, they don't have experience in building houses. Thus, the earth houses there were in poor condition and the structure was damaged. The Miyi County Housing and Urban-rural Development Bureau and the local government have decided to build a house for Puxinfa, a poor household in Fangtian Village, as a pilot project, and adopt anti-seismic rammed-earth construction technology to solve these Yi immigrants' problems on living safety and high construction cost.

Fangtian Village is surrounded by mountains, and the road conditions are poor. The main economic crops are tobacco and corn. In the village, the traditional architectures are built in wooden piles and rammed earth. The villagers are generally poor. Their houses are old with hidden dangers.

Investigation
Design
Construction

Apr 2019 - 1st Investigation Trip

In early Mar, the team carried out an investigation trip to conduct preliminary survey for the household and visited other households to understand general situation of the village. Please click here to see the relevant work report (in Chinese version only)

Layout plan

Jul 2019

All roof construction and interior work were completed in early Jul. The household moved in new house on 10 Jul.

Apr 2019

In early April, the team started the construction work (including froundation and earth wall building work) and conducted on-site training. Until 28th April, construction work of the core building was completed. Please click here to see the relevant work report (Chinese version only).