| KAPIT Design and Developments |
| the KAPIT design—self-built with local materials and earthquake-resistance—combined with volunteer and materials support has been received quite well by families and communities that have adopted it. KAPIT now targets the building of the masonry walls to a height of three feet first, and then immediately erecting the wooden columns and roof, even before the wall is constructed to its full ten feet height. This provides the basic, as well as most demanding (in terms of materials and technical know-how) part of the construction right away. This way residents can later continue to raise the rest of the walls with masonry and mud by themselves, while being protected by the roof from rain and snow. |
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