Learning With: ‘In a Land of Quakes, Engineering a Future for a Church Made of Mud’

Nov 05, 2018 · 1 comments
ella (portland )
1. Where is the Church of Santiago Apóstol? When was it built? this church is located in Kuño Tambo, Peru it was built in 1681 by the Spanish. 2. What has caused the church to no longer be safe to use regularly? this church was unable to have regular services this is because after many earthquakes there was so much damage to the building it was falling apart. 3. What is the Seismic Retrofitting Project? the Seismic Retrofitting Project is a project where people are studying and trying to stabilize places that have earthquakes regularly to make them safer. 4. What does the group hope to accomplish in Kuño Tambo? The buildings are dangerous and the people living around them are trying to keep the buildings intact and make safer. 5. Roughly what percent of the global population lives in earthen structures made of materials such as Adobe? 30 percent