Traditional and Alternative Masonry for the Acoustic Improvement of Architectural Spaces
L. Paterlini, B. Garzón
Abstract. This paper aims to qualify and quantify the properties, in general, and acoustic isolation, in particular, of new construction systems. These systems use mix of traditional and alternative masonry materials in Tucumán, Argentina. Its goals are: a) to investigate, identify and catalog alternative masonry; b) to check their uses in mix construction systems with traditional masonry available in the local context, c) to evaluate these systems according to: its construction process, its energy cost, its economical price its physical, technological and sound insulation properties; d) to compare both of them. A “methodological strategy of “Participatory Action Research” was carried out to reach the objectives. The results achieved were: a) a good deal of alternative masonry were found, many of them are used as it raw material, urban and industry wastes; b) the identified masonry can be used in new constructive mix systems and they can achieve a good acoustic isolation; c) these new construction systems are able to use by the population. The conclusions obtained were: a) it is necessary to generate population and industry awareness; b) proposal masonry and systems need to get use in the construction market. c) In addition, of the acoustical benefits for users, these systems contribute to achieve sustainable and healthy habitat.
Keywords
Masonry, Acoustic Isolation, Evaluation
Published online , 10 pages
Copyright © 2018 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: L. Paterlini, B. Garzón, ‘Traditional and Alternative Masonry for the Acoustic Improvement of Architectural Spaces’, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 7, pp 247-256, 2018
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781945291838-22
The article was published as article 22 of the book Non-Conventional Materials and Technologies
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