Project Site: Xiaohe Village & Xialapu Village, Wama Township, Baoshan City, Yunnan

       Wama Township is located in the northwest of Baoshan City, about 180 kilometers away from Baoshan City. It covers an area of 192 square kilometers and has a population of 11,000. 80% are ethnically Bai, Yi and Miao. It is a remote alpine mountainous area. The grain crops are mainly corn, and economical trees such as walnuts, tung trees and plums are planted. There are medicinal materials and wild animal resources. The team hopes to build some anti-seismic rammed earth buildings to improve their living conditions.

Collaborating Partner：Kunming University of Science and Technology & No. 10 Architect (local contractor)

Work Progress

  • Investigation
  • Design
  • Construction

Dec 2021 - 1st Investigation Trip

After the introduction of the new seismic rammed-earth construction technology given by the team, 8 households from Xiaohe Village expressed their interest to participate in the reconstruction plan. Please click here to see the relevant work report (in Chinese version only)

House Type 1:

House Type 2:

 

Feb 2023

Finally, the collective house completed after Lunar New Year holidays. Please feel free to click here to learn more.

Oct 2022

Ramming work for the collective house started and expected to be completed by the end of Dec.

Aug 2022

4 households completed construction and awaiting for acceptance. However, 4 original registered households withdrew from the plan due to personal reasons. The team discussed with the local government and changed to build a collective house with local contractor in Xialapu Village to improve the housing need of lonely elderly villagers, and rent out the spare rooms to the families with children who have a long way to go to school at low price.

Apr 2022

Walll ramming work were conducted for 4 houses .

Feb 2022

The team completed design layout plans and conducted on-site artisan training by Feb. The team planned to start the construction work in Mar.