Additives to clay - mineral & synthetic
Practical Action
Useful contacts
CRATerre
Maison Levrat (Parc Fallavier)
B. P. 53, F-38092 Villefontaine -CEDEX
France
Tel: +33 474 954391
Fax: +33 474 956421
Website: http://craterre.org/
CRATerre is the international centre for earth construction at the school of Architecture in
Grenoble.
Auroville Earth Institute
Auroshilpam, Auroville 605 101,
T.N. India
Tel: +91 413 262 3064 / 262 3330
Fax: +91 413 262 2886
Website: http://www.earth-auroville.com/
This technical brief was originally prepared for basin, Building Advisory Service
and Information Network.
Practical Action
The Schumacher Centre
Bourton-on-Dunsmore
Warwickshire
CV23 9QZ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1926 634400
Fax: +44 (0)1926 634401
E-mail: inforserv@practicalaction.org.uk
Website: http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/
This Technical Brief is possible thanks to the collaboration of DFID-UK and The
Tony Bullard Trust.
Practical Action is a development charity with a difference. We know the simplest ideas can have the
most profound, life-changing effect on poor people across the world. For over 40 years, we have been
working closely with some of the world’s poorest people - using simple technology to fight poverty and
transform their lives for the better. We currently work in 15 countries in Africa, South Asia and Latin
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