6th International Conference on the Conservation of Earthen Architecture: Adobe 90 Preprints

On October 14-19, 1990, the 6th International Conference on
the Conservation of Earthen Architecture was held in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Sponsored by the GCI, the Museum of New Mexico State Monuments, ICCROM,
CRATerre-EAG, and the National Park Service, under the aegis of US/ICOMOS, the
event was organized to promote the exchange of ideas, techniques, and research
findings on the conservation of earthen architecture.

Presentations at the conference covered a diversity of
subjects, including the historic traditions of earthen architecture,
conservation and restoration, site preservation, studies in consolidation and
seismic mitigation, and examinations of moisture problems, clay chemistry, and
microstructures. In discussions that focused on the future, the application of
modern technologies and materials to site conservation was urged, as was using
scientific knowledge of existing structures in the creation of new, low-cost,
earthen architecture housing.