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014 | Pueblo Micro-city [updated with modern conveniences]

Unlike many American Indigenous tribes, the Hopis of Northern Mexico and Southern United States were a more stationary people, developing microcities on top of mesas.024 These integrated multi-story microcities were built utilizing a stone structure, held together with mud plaster. The roof was constructed with wooden beams, covered with thatch, and glued with more mud plaster. Access to these spaces were granted via ladders.025 The walls are extremely thick, providing stability for the stories above as well as protection from various climate conditions. Earth and dirt based materials offer many opportunities for passive insulation and protection against the elements in warmer, more arid conditions. This will limit the importing of illfit materials for these climates and improve the lifespan of modern buildings via materiality.