Extremely Low Cost Home Designed for Haiti

A construction system resisting natural disasters

can be good for Haiti

Concrete Rib Construction SystemPatent pending # 12/583,952

Eugenio Aburto, AIA-E

The CRCS is an innovative construction system based in the use of T-beams for walls and roof , which by design becomes a monolithic structure resisting natural disasters as hurricanes, tornados, flooding and fire.

Typical foundation

Strong reinforcement to have a monolithic structure

Highly insulated EPS provides a minimum of R56 to walls and roof, embedded in concrete: no voids, no leaks.Uses unskilled labor, fast and clean.

Photo showing: EPS, stem and flange reinforcement with formwork and ties.

Frontal and rear view of the floor plan

Frontal and rear view of the proposed house with 46.73 m2. foot print

Walls only forming and pour, no leveling measuring or plumbing.EA architect build 7,500 units in 15 months and can volunteer the know how to build in Haiti

A water tank which minimizes

plumbing

Detail of street elevation.Eugenio Aburto, AIA 74470 Fairway Palm Desert, CA 92260 - 760 610 1065

Information of built units upon request