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A Concrete for the “Other Half”?

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The sulphur concrete block came out of various experiments performed by the Minimum Cost Housing Group at McGill University in Montreal in the 1970s. The international research group explored self-building using materials that would present an alternative to the functionalistic logic of development aid programmes tied to the Western construction industry. The “Other Half” – a term that was coined to describe decolonized countries and urban populations living in informal housing at the time – was the focus of their experiments with alternative building solutions. Beginning with an understanding

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