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Climate Change 2016
October 27-29, 2016
Volume 7, Issue 9(Suppl) J Earth Sci Clim Change
ISSN: 2157-7617 JESCC, an open access journal
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October 24-26, 2016 Valencia, Spain
World Conference onClimate Change
Beyond reinventing adobe as a building material: A new paradigm in anthropocene
Olukoya Obafemi A P
Brandenburg Technical University, Germany
The intractable challengepresentedby climate change todayhasnowattaineda cusp, such that it ravages on the anthroposphere
can no longer be ignored or over emphasized. This has stimulated a lot of debate and attracted researchers to the various
economic sectors which are primal contributors of greenhouse gases. In that vein, the building industry which is identified to
be producing an alarming figure of 23-40percent of the greenhouse gas emission has been a centre for enormous researches in
recent times. This is consequently followed by an avalanche of recommendations which in the real sense, are actually running
ahead of even its empirical applications today. Moreover, there is no gain saying in the fact that the sector holds one of the most
plausible potentials in the struggle against the terror of climate change, if the non-environmental friendly building envelops
are addressed. The plethora of perspectives and recommendations therefore comes with little or no surprise. However, despite
this plenitude of professional perspectives, the recommendations stereotypically revolve around the reinvention of traditional
building materials as a contributing solution to the mitigation of greenhouse gases in Anthropocene. Sadly, in this era of
Anthropocene, this mere position is no longer potent or sufficient enough to address the multi-dimensional vestiges of climate
change. In light of this argument, this paper takes a step further beyond the existing blanket assertions by posing and adopting
a proposition which addresses the following questions; what is the resisting ability of adobe under acidic rain in Anthropocene?
What is the behavior of adobe under extreme soil chlorination as evident today? What is the resisting ability of adobe under
seismic conditions rampant today? How does adobe resist the epileptic change in temperature? How much can adobe resist
a storm driven rain which is a norm in Anthropocene? Therefore, to organize this paper and answer this question related to
the reinvention of adobe in Anthropocene, this paper adopts an analytics approach. Existing argumentations are reviewed,
interpreted and a new position is posited. Conclusively, the paper posits that before we continue to peddle cheap perspective
of reinventing earthen material in era of climate change, the materials must be adapted to resist and withstand the apparent
climate change vestiges which it is reinvented to address.
Biography
Olukoya Obafemi A P had his Bachelor’s (BSc) and Master’s (MArch) degree in Architecture from Nigeria and Cyprus respectively. He practiced professional
architecture for several years holding various positions in different franchise before establishing its own consulting firm in 2011. He had a short stint as a Teaching
Assistant at Cyprus International University and a Research Assistant in TUBITAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) under the auspice of
a restoration project of Louroujina village (Northern Cyprus) tagged TUBITAK project 112M147. He has written a few scientific publications as concerns the anomie
of climate change and also a book. Currently, he is a Doctoral Researcher at Brandenburg Technical University, Institute of Graduate Research: Heritage Studies.
Olukoya Obafemi A P, J Earth Sci Clim Change 2016, 7:9(Suppl)