Lots of fun and learning about earth construction had at the World Environment Day Festival last weekend 🌿
Tag: earthen architecture
AuwaEarth are relocating + World Environment Day Festival 2019
AuwaEarth have moved! Plus come and learn all about Wattle and Daub at the World Environment Day Festival!
Gloucester Tucker Patch entrance wall is built
The Gloucester Project, run by Marnie and Ken, invited us up to run an earthbag workshop over a weekend building a wall with a seat to define an entrance garden to the beautiful community garden Gloucester is so lucky to have – “The Tucker Patch”. The weekend was funded by a ‘Better Builders’ grant and…
Clay Plaster Finished
Well after a week of rather nasty weather in Newcastle which held up things a little we completed this lovely clay plaster on Joan’s house. Assisted by French volunteer Morgane and Brazilian volunteer Camilo the final layer was applied. This is a different mixture to the other ones and is troweled on, giving a very…
TERRA 2012 Earthen Architecture Conference, Lima Peru
I have just returned from presenting a paper at ‘TERRA 2012’ – the foremost conference for earthen architectural preservation and conservation in the world. It is a UNESCO-partnered conference that aim to broaden perceptions about earthen architecture in the world and to provide support for research and methods for earthen architectural historical preservation as well…
