This technical brief intends to alleviate the problem of earthquake vulnerability by introducing an improved earthquake resistant building technology using 'improved quincha' – a timber and lattice frame design with an earth infill – based on traditional technologies, that was successfully employed in the Alto Mayo region of Peru following a devastating earthquake in 1990.
Kasem Ali on January 20, 2010
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Please note that the mix of sand cement and gypsum (as in the specifications of page 6 of the paper should never be used. Cement and gypsum in the same mixture give initial a hard material, but this looses strength over the time and might fully disintegrate. There were even accidental collapses in Germany some 40 years ago due to this problem.
One can have cement and lime or lime and gypsum in the same mixture, but never ever cement and gypsum.
Otherwise the whole project it is a good approach, where still some smaller improvements are possible.