CAL-EARTH WORKSHOP
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
September 19th - 26th 2021
Place: Paterno Calabro, Calabria (Italy)
Cost: 560 euros / 640 euros
The Cal-Earth Institute (Californian Institute of Earth Architecture) in collaboration with Vide Terra organizes a SuperAdobe workshop in Italy. This 8 days intensive course teaches how to apply the SuperAdobe/earthbag technique for a dome construction.
The workshoppers will receive an official certificate of completion from the Cal-Earth Institute.
During the workshop it will be built a 2-2,5m (internal diameter) earth dome with a door opening and a window. The purpose of the course is to give the theoretical and practical tools useful to design and build a small earth structure or living space.
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
- SuperAdobe dome designing principles
- Practical techniques to analyse earth composition
- Soil improvement and stabilization
- Water management
- Introduction to waterproofing
- Designing more complex structures and living spaces based on the Eco-Dome concept.
Practice:
- Hands on construction of a complete 2-2,5m earth dome (foundation and structure)
- Creation of openings for doors, windows and ventilation
- Introduction to plastering
Tuition Costs:
560€ - if you book your place before 10 August 2021
640€ - if you book your place after 10 August 2021
The places are limited. The deadline for the registration is 10 September 2021
The course will be held in English and Italian.
Food and Accomodation:
We can offer shared rooms for 15 euros per night (breakfast included, towels and bedsheets included). Each room will have a private bathroom. We have available rooms with 2-3-4 and 5 beds.
There is the possibility to camp on site with own tent and equipment for 8 euros per night per person (breakfast included), people that camp will have access to electricity, showers and toilets.
We can provide lunch and dinner, the cost of it is 10 euros per meal. The workshop attendees can access a shared fully equipped kitchen so they are also free to prepare and cook their meals if they wish.
The trainer:
Davide Frasca - Founder of Vide Terra, representative of the Cal-Earth Institute in Italy, builder and trainer of earth domes, specialized in superadobe domes and vaults and sustainable architecture (more info in About me)
The hosts:
The workshop will be hosted by the association Progetto Paterno https://www.facebook.com/progettopaterno/
For further info and to register:
davide@videterra.org
Tel. 0039 3394178848
The workshoppers will receive an official certificate of completion from the Cal-Earth Institute.
During the workshop it will be built a 2-2,5m (internal diameter) earth dome with a door opening and a window. The purpose of the course is to give the theoretical and practical tools useful to design and build a small earth structure or living space.
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
- SuperAdobe dome designing principles
- Practical techniques to analyse earth composition
- Soil improvement and stabilization
- Water management
- Introduction to waterproofing
- Designing more complex structures and living spaces based on the Eco-Dome concept.
Practice:
- Hands on construction of a complete 2-2,5m earth dome (foundation and structure)
- Creation of openings for doors, windows and ventilation
- Introduction to plastering
Tuition Costs:
560€ - if you book your place before 10 August 2021
640€ - if you book your place after 10 August 2021
The places are limited. The deadline for the registration is 10 September 2021
The course will be held in English and Italian.
Food and Accomodation:
We can offer shared rooms for 15 euros per night (breakfast included, towels and bedsheets included). Each room will have a private bathroom. We have available rooms with 2-3-4 and 5 beds.
There is the possibility to camp on site with own tent and equipment for 8 euros per night per person (breakfast included), people that camp will have access to electricity, showers and toilets.
We can provide lunch and dinner, the cost of it is 10 euros per meal. The workshop attendees can access a shared fully equipped kitchen so they are also free to prepare and cook their meals if they wish.
The trainer:
Davide Frasca - Founder of Vide Terra, representative of the Cal-Earth Institute in Italy, builder and trainer of earth domes, specialized in superadobe domes and vaults and sustainable architecture (more info in About me)
The hosts:
The workshop will be hosted by the association Progetto Paterno https://www.facebook.com/progettopaterno/
For further info and to register:
davide@videterra.org
Tel. 0039 3394178848
