Adobe is a mass that is made with mud and straw.
Adobe is a mass made with mud and straw. This mass is molded like a brick and, once it has dried, it can be used to build different structures.
The use of adobe in construction dates back several millennia before Christ . On Peruvian soil, there is a city created in pre-Columbian times that was built with adobe: Chan Chan . This place has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986 .
Adobe constructions
In the same way, we cannot ignore the fact that there is another series of constructions that were also made with adobe and that have become a reference for this or other reasons:
- The city of Catalhöyük ( Anatolia ), which dates back to the 7th century BC and was considered to have all homes built with this material.
- In Ancient Egypt we cannot forget that there were many buildings and construction elements that were built using this element. This would be the case, for example, of numerous mastabas.
- The city of Caral (3,000 – 1,800 BC) was also built with adobe. It is considered to be the oldest known settlement in Latin America.
Its advantages and disadvantages
If adobe has been used as a construction material over the centuries, it was due to the set of advantages it brings. Specifically, among the most notable are that it is a very economical material, which allows you to achieve walls of notable thickness and even that it exerts great power as an insulator , both thermal and acoustic. Not to mention that its production process is really simple.
On the other hand, the most disadvantageous aspects of adobe are that it requires that the surface on which the construction is built is not wet and that the process to obtain adobe takes time, especially drying.
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The Adobe company
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