Introduction - Using thatch for roofing goes back as far as the Bronze Age. Arguably, due to the changing times and circumstances, people who traditionally desired thatch as building material are gradually waning. But this compendium conclusively interprets it as a clarion call to tell them what Thatch is: a deemed responsibility for architectural intellectual and the building industry professionals/// Please click on Full Text for BACKGROUND. The full report by R. A. Oppong attached below.
"Losing the Sense of Thatch”(A Trio Sub-Saharan African Compendium) by R.A. Oppong
[School of Architecture, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom]
BACKGROUND
This Compendium provides an empirical evidence of how Thatch, a basic roofing material is used in Four Sub-Saharan African countries (Figure1). The materials within this compendium reflect both good and bad practices of thatch as a roofing material. The appropriateness of Thatch as roofing material for houses: chiefly stems from its availability, unique climate modification capability and generally inherent high economic potentials of replenishability, natural and eco-friendliness.
Please find report "Losing the Sense of Thatch”(A Trio Sub-Saharan African Compendium) attached below.
Short Biography [Rexford A. Oppong]:
http://www.archiafrika.org/en/node/1095
