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Crete Straw House
Natural Building Intensive Workshop, October 10-20, 2011
In this 10 day intensive workshop we will learn how natural, unprocessed materials such as wood, straw, clay and sand can be transformed into a beautiful, fully functional, healthy, safe, affordable and durable house, designed to offer an exceptional living environment.
While giving special emphasis on building with strawbales, living (green) roof construction and clay rendering, we will explore other natural building techniques and their appropriate application. Straw bale construction is an excellent building method that provides great benefits in terms of saving on financial and environmental resources both during the building process and during the building’s human use. Besides hands on practice with these materials we will also cover topics such as bioclimatic design, foundation construction, appliances installation, water management and remediation and of course, permaculture.
Course Instructors: Barbara Jones (Straw Works, formerly of amazonails UK) strawbale building, rendering / Toby Mclean (tall engineers UK) structural engineering / Stamatina Palmou (ecoart GR, PRI Hellas) resource management, permaculture design / Christos Choraitis (Heatherwick studio, Sanford coop UK) bioclimatic design, living roof
For further information for this course please contact workshop@ecoart.gr
Arrival/Departure
We will begin the workshop Monday, October 10th. If you’d like, you may arrive on Friday evening so as to have time to set up before the commencement of the workshop. We will finish things up in the early afternoon on Thursday, October 20
What to Expect
Be prepared for anything. That includes rain, sun and of course, getting muddy. Much of the work will require at least some physical exertion, but we strongly encourage participants to only work as much as they are comfortable. As much as possible, we will work to provide relaxed, comfortable accommodations. Basically, prepare yourself for a working camping trip that’s going to be loads of fun!
Food
Please let us know if you have any food allergies or dietary preferences/restrictions so that we may cater to them.
Daily Schedule
In our experience, a somewhat unorthodox daily schedule works very well for building courses due to the physical nature of the coursework.
Here’s the proposed schedule, which may change somewhat if we collectively decide to modify things.
8-9 am –breakfast
9-10:30 am – early morning work/lecture session
10:30-10:45 -- morning break
10:45-12:30 – morning work 2
12:30-2 – lunch
2-3 pm – afternoon talk session
3-5 pm – work
6 pm – dinner
Evenings may include slide shows, videos, music, etc. If you have anything (a song, skill, talent, etc.) you would like to share with the group, please do bring it along
Again, on Monday we won’t actually begin the course until 9am. We’ll have breakfast available beforehand.
What to Bring :Sunscreen/
A good hat / Tent / inflated matress / sleeping bag /
Toiletries and towel /
Clothes you don’t mind getting dirty /
Sturdy shoes & rubber gloves /
Any tools you think may be useful – we’ll be prepared though / Interesting books
Course fees include:
-14 day camping (Friday 7 Oct - Friday 21 Oct)
-Yoga Asana, pranayama and yoga nidra early in the morning before breakfast
-three meals per day (Monday 10 Oct - Thursday 20 Oct)
Course pricing / bookings
400 euros (If paid in full 25 days before the course commences)
500 euros (Regular price for this course)
250 euros (Deposit to lock in booking)
For further information for this course please contact workshop@ecoart.gr
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