Superadobe Children's Library
Children’s library built after the February 2024 earthquakes using superadobe — earth-filled polypropylene tubes stacked without cement or heavy machinery.
Constraints: post-earthquake rubble field; no functioning supply chains; need for seismically resilient structure; no heavy equipment access
Resources available: on-site soil, polypropylene tube bags, barbed wire, manual labor
Solution: superadobe dome construction — bags filled with local earth, tamped in courses with barbed wire between layers creating tensile strength; circular geometry provides inherent seismic resistance; structure serves children in the same zone where conventional buildings failed