SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
28 March - 3 April
Place: Pontestura (Italy)
Cost: 400 euros
We will build a 1.8 m (internal diameter) earth dome with a door opening and a window.
The purpose of the workshop is to give the theoretical and practical tools useful to selfbuild a small earth structure or living space.
The workshop teaches how to apply the superadobe technique for a dome constrution.
The workshop will be divided into a theoretical and a practical part.
Theory:
- Earth architecture and the importance of building with earth
- The superadobe technique
- The principle of the arch and of the dome
- Designing a dome
- Practical techniques on analyzing earth composition
- Introduction to waterproofing
- Designing more complex structures and living spaces based on the Eco-Dome concept.
Practice:
- Hands on construction of a complete 1.8m earth dome (foundation and structure)
- Creation of openings for doors, windows and ventilation
- Introduction to plastering
By taking your own tent you will be able to camp for free. A spacious room will be converted to a common dormitory for those who want a spartan but free accomodation. Showers and toilets are at the workshoppers disposal. A nearby Bed & Breakfast can provide accomodation at a special price for the workshoppers.
The places are limited. The deadline for the registration is March 12th.
The trainers:
Davide Frasca - Student and intern at the Cal-Earth Institute, builder and trainer of earth domes and earth homes, specialized in sustainable architecture (more info in About me)
Donato Mancini - Student and intern at the Cal-Earth Institute, builder and trainer of superadobe, permaculture practitioner.
The trainers will deliver directly from the Cal-Earth Institute the knowledge they have acquire in months of apprenticeship.
The course could be held in English and Italian according to the language spoken by the workshoppers.
For further info and to register:
davide@videterra.org
Tel. 0039 3394178848
The purpose of the workshop is to give the theoretical and practical tools useful to selfbuild a small earth structure or living space.
The workshop teaches how to apply the superadobe technique for a dome constrution.
The workshop will be divided into a theoretical and a practical part.
Theory:
- Earth architecture and the importance of building with earth
- The superadobe technique
- The principle of the arch and of the dome
- Designing a dome
- Practical techniques on analyzing earth composition
- Introduction to waterproofing
- Designing more complex structures and living spaces based on the Eco-Dome concept.
Practice:
- Hands on construction of a complete 1.8m earth dome (foundation and structure)
- Creation of openings for doors, windows and ventilation
- Introduction to plastering
By taking your own tent you will be able to camp for free. A spacious room will be converted to a common dormitory for those who want a spartan but free accomodation. Showers and toilets are at the workshoppers disposal. A nearby Bed & Breakfast can provide accomodation at a special price for the workshoppers.
The places are limited. The deadline for the registration is March 12th.
The trainers:
Davide Frasca - Student and intern at the Cal-Earth Institute, builder and trainer of earth domes and earth homes, specialized in sustainable architecture (more info in About me)
Donato Mancini - Student and intern at the Cal-Earth Institute, builder and trainer of superadobe, permaculture practitioner.
The trainers will deliver directly from the Cal-Earth Institute the knowledge they have acquire in months of apprenticeship.
The course could be held in English and Italian according to the language spoken by the workshoppers.
For further info and to register:
davide@videterra.org
Tel. 0039 3394178848
