IN ANCIENT TIMES...STONES WERE RE-CYCLED BY THE NEW RULER...EVEN AS THE OLD RULERS BUILDINGS WERE DISASSEMBLED...
THIS WAS COMMON IN EGYPT AND IN ROME...
NOTHING WAS WASTED.... JUST STACK THE BLOCKS IN A DIFFERENT WAY...AND CHISEL OFF THE OLD NAMES FOR NEW NAMES...
IN HAITI...THE RUBBLE SHOULD NOT BE BURIED... BUT RATHER GIVEN AWAY FREE TO PEOPLE TO REBUILD...
MY HUNCH IS THAT THE HAITIANS KNOW THIS... LETS HOPE THE WESTERN ENGINEERS DO TOO...! YOU CAN'T REBUILD A SLUM...SLUMS ARE "ORGANIC"...
BUT YOU CAN RECYCLE AN INDIGENOUS ARCHITECTURE THAT WILL STILL HAVE THE SOUL OF OLD HAITI... AND NOT RESORT TO A BUNCH OF SOULLESS "STALINIST" WORKER HOUSING PROJECTS...LIKE THOSE YOU SEE ALL OVER EASTERN EUROPE AND RUSSIA.
