Soil-cement and cellular concrete construction system applied to housing units under construction in Amazonas - Brazil

Construction systems in the construction industry have evolved significantly in recent decades. However, simplified building systems can also be found that have low construction costs, as well as allowing to meet the housing deficit demand for low-income populations. In this sense, this research aims to present the applicability of the use of soil-cement concrete and cellular concrete in the construction of housing units that serve low-income populations in the state of Amazonas, in urban and rural areas. For this, it was used as methodology, conducting research in scientific works, as well as, description of the application of the constructive method in the field in the “Minha Casa Project”, launched by the state government of Amazonas in 2001 for construction under a collective effort regime of popular houses, through the soil-cement and cellular concrete construction system, for low-income families. However, initially, this method did not achieve the expected success, as the beneficiaries did not adapt to the new way of building. However, the expected success was achieved in 2003, where the initial project for the construction of popular houses in soil-cement was continued for the needy population with the application of a new project, called “Citizen Project”. In general, it can be concluded that the housing units built by both methods met all the criteria established by the draft standards. However, the dwellings built by the plastered soil-cement construction system provided better results compared to the construction system with the use of reinforced cellular concrete.