UPCOMING IN 2023
CAL-EARTH WORKSHOP
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
July 30th - August 6th / 2023
Place: Turin, Italy
Cost: 560 € / 640 €
The Cal-Earth Institute (California 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 participants will receive an official certificate of completion from the Cal-Earth Institute.
During the workshop we will build an 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.
PREVIOUSLY
2022
SUPERADOBE & COCCIOPESTO WORKSHOP
BUILD AN EARTHEN OUTDOOR SHOWER
May 30th - June 5th / 2022
Place: Casa di paglia Felcerossa, S. Alfio, Sicily, Italy
Cost: Full course - 350 € / Module 1 - 250 € / Module 2 - 150 €
Vide Terra in collaboration with the Maestro Danilo Dianti and Casa di paglia Felcerossa organize a theoretical and practical SuperAdobe & Cocciopesto Workshop in Sicily, near the majestic Etna volcano. The workshop is composed of two modules and it puts together the skills of earth building and use of lime. During the first part of the workshop we will create an outdoor shower using the SuperAdobe (earthbag) building method. The second part will be dedicated to the ancient Cocciopesto plastering technique...
CAL-EARTH WORKSHOP
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
May 14th - May 21st / 2022
Place: Paterno Calabro, Calabria (Italy)
Cost: 580 euros / 640 euros
The Cal-Earth Institute (California Institute of Earth Architecture) in collaboration with Vide Terra organize a SuperAdobe workshop in Italy. This 8 days intensive course teaches how to apply the SuperAdobe/earthbag technique for a dome construction. The attendees will receive an official certificate of completion by the Cal-Earth Institute. During the workshop we will build an earth dome with a door opening and a window. The purpose of the course is to give the theoretical and practical tools useful to selfbuild a small earth structure or living space.
2021
CAL-EARTH WORKSHOP
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
September 19th - 26th / 2021
Place: Paterno Calabro, Calabria (Italy)
Cost: 580 euros / 640 euros
The Cal-Earth Institute (California Institute of Earth Architecture) in collaboration with Vide Terra organize a SuperAdobe workshop in Italy. This 8 days intensive course teaches how to apply the SuperAdobe/earthbag technique for a dome construction. The attendees will receive an official certificate of completion by the Cal-Earth Institute. During the workshop we will build 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 selfbuild a small earth structure or living space.
CAL-EARTH WORKSHOP
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
June 1st - June 8th / 2021
Place: Gravina in Puglia, Apulia (Italy)
Cost: 580 euros / 640 euros
The Cal-Earth Institute (California Institute of Earth Architecture) in collaboration with Vide Terra organize a SuperAdobe workshop in Italy. This 8 days intensive course teaches how to apply the SuperAdobe/earthbag technique for a dome construction. The attendees will receive an official certificate of completion by the Cal-Earth Institute. During the workshop we will build 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 selfbuild a small earth structure or living space.
2020
THATCHING WORKSHOP
TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES & EXPERIMENTAL DOME THATCHING
September 30th - October 3rd / 2020
Place: Paterno Calabro, Calabria (Italy)
Cost: 420 euros / 500 euros
This four days workshop will focus on thatching techniques (to create roofs with plants fibers) that use straw, reed and broom. The workshop will be held by Alan Jones, Master Thatcher from Wales. Students will benefit from Alan’s forty years of experience in traditional and sustainable thatching which spans historic and experimental archeology as well as contemporary thatching and advice for self builds. Part of the workshop will be dedicated to thatching a SuperAdobe Earth Dome using broom (a local plant available in most Mediterranean regions).
CAL-EARTH WORKSHOP
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
September 20th - September 27th / 2020
Place: Paterno Calabro, Calabria (Italy)
Cost: 580 euros / 640 euros
The Cal-Earth Institute (California Institute of Earth Architecture) in collaboration with Vide Terra organize a SuperAdobe workshop in Italy. This 8 days intensive course teaches how to apply the SuperAdobe/earthbag technique for a dome construction. The attendees will receive an official certificate of completion by the Cal-Earth Institute. During the workshop we will build 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 selfbuild a small earth structure or living space.
2019
CAL-EARTH WORKSHOP
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
September 15th - September 22nd / 2019
Place: Paterno Calabro, Calabria (Italy)
Cost: 580 euros / 640 euros
The Cal-Earth Institute (California Institute of Earth Architecture) in collaboration with Vide Terra organize a SuperAdobe workshop in Italy. This 8 days intensive course teaches how to apply the SuperAdobe/earthbag technique for a dome construction. The attendees will receive an official certificate of completion by the Cal-Earth Institute. During the workshop we will build 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 selfbuild a small earth structure or living space.
CAL-EARTH WORKSHOP
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
April 21st - April 28th / 2019
Place: Paterno Calabro, Calabria (Italy)
Cost: 580 euros / 640 euros
The Cal-Earth Institute (California Institute of Earth Architecture) in collaboration with Vide Terra organize a SuperAdobe workshop in Italy. This 8 days intensive course teaches how to apply the SuperAdobe/earthbag technique for a dome construction. The attendees will receive an official certificate of completion by the Cal-Earth Institute. During the workshop we will build 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 selfbuild a small earth structure or living space.
2018
CAL-EARTH WORKSHOP
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
August 13 - August 20th / 2018
Place: Donato (BI), Piedmont (Italy)
Cost: 580 euros / 640 euros
The Cal-Earth Institute (California Institute of Earth Architecture) in collaboration with Vide Terra organize a SuperAdobe workshop in Italy. This 8 days intensive course teaches how to apply the SuperAdobe/earthbag technique for a dome construction. The attendees will receive an official certificate of completion by the Cal-Earth Institute. During the workshop we will build 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 selfbuild a small earth structure or living space.
CAL-EARTH WORKSHOP
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
March 26th - April 2nd / 2018
Place: Paterno Calabro, Calabria (Italy)
Cost: 580 euros / 640 euros
The Cal-Earth Institute (California Institute of Earth Architecture) in collaboration with Vide Terra organize a SuperAdobe workshop in Italy. This 8 days intensive course teaches how to apply the SuperAdobe/earthbag technique for a dome construction. The attendees will receive an official certificate of completion by the Cal-Earth Institute. During the workshop we will build 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 selfbuild a small earth structure or living space.
2017
CAL-EARTH WORKSHOP
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
September 25th - October 2nd / 2017
Place: Paterno Calabro, Calabria (Italy)
Cost: 580 euros / 640 euros
The Cal-Earth Institute (California Institute of Earth Architecture) in collaboration with Vide Terra organize a SuperAdobe workshop in Italy. This 8 days intensive course teaches how to apply the SuperAdobe/earthbag technique for a dome construction. The attendees will receive an official certificate of completion by the Cal-Earth Institute. During the workshop we will build 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 selfbuild a small earth structure or living space.
CAL-EARTH WORKSHOP
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
May 22nd - May 29th / 2017
Place: Paterno Calabro, Calabria (Italy)
Cost: 580 euros / 640 euros
The Cal-Earth Institute (California Institute of Earth Architecture) in collaboration with Vide Terra organize a SuperAdobe workshop in Italy. This 8 days intensive course teaches how to apply the SuperAdobe/earthbag technique for a dome construction. The attendees will receive an official certificate of completion by the Cal-Earth Institute. During the workshop we will build 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 selfbuild a small earth structure or living space.
2016
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
Septembre 21st - Septembre 27th / 2016
Place: Monreale, Sicily (Italy)
Cost: 380 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.
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
9 May - 15 May 2016
Place: Tufillo, Abruzzo (Italy)
Cost: 380 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.
2015
SUPERADOBE WORKSHOP
29 August - 30 August 2015
Place: Vignale Monferrato, Piedmont (Italy)
Cost: 50 euros
The wokshop is a theoretical and practical introduction to SuperAdobe technique. The theoretical part explains the principals of the earth bag building technique and as a practice we will build a small garden bench.
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
28 March - 3 April 2015
Place: Pontestura, Piedmont (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.
2014
SUPERADOBE EARTH DOME WORKSHOP
20 June - 26 June 2014
Place: Mornag Eco Farm, Tunis, Tunisia
We will build a 2 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.
