The problem of safe and inexpensive dwelling easy for construction is one of most important issues in this part of the world. Majority of people residing in Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan and other countries of the region located in seismically active zones live in non-seismic resistant buildings. Built of bricks, natural stones or construction blocks made of clay and hay, they are not earthquake-proof. This is because of high cost of up-to-date seismic resistant constructions and their inaccessibility for the majority of local people.

The main reason for construction of such unstable buildings is lack of cheap and simple aseismic construction technology for common construction. In many countries of Middle East, South, Southeast and Central Asia, Africa and Latin America majority of population have a low level of life. That is why they have to build cheapest houses of available materials. Masonry buildings of bricks, clay or wood, inexpensive but seismically unstable, are very popular there.

This project is targeted to create a new, cheap and simple aseismic construction technology of mass seismic resistant construction enabling creation of seismically resistant buildings up to several floors with the same or lower price than standard masonry buildings, for great masses of population in cities and rural areas.

The main objectives of the Project are as follows:

• Simplification of the technology allowing construction of small (1-2 floor) seismically stable houses capable of withstanding earthquakes and explosions.

• Reducing the prime cost of seismic resistant buildings that will make construction of earthquake-proof houses available for majority of local people

• Theoretical and experimental research and comparative analysis of seismic stability of buildings in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkey compared with seismic resistant buildings on base of the new aseismic construction technology.

The novelty contained in this proposal is the enhanced damping capacity of these walls achieved through the application of affordable binding material used in the joints of the masonry elements. Thus, mechanical interlocking that prevents sliding or dislodgement of the units coupled with energy-absorbing layers is capable of increasing the earthquake resistance of the structure. No spluttering occurs in the walls of such buildings. Verification of the proposed aseismic construction technology will be achieved by conducting dynamic tests on a shaking simulative big seismic platform with harmonic and random motions applied to model components or mock-ups. This new technology has the application for the invention (WO 2005/106134, 10/11/2005, «Aseismic building block»; PCT/AZ2005/000004, «The method of seismic-stable construction»).