Kleiwerks International and Ashevillage Institute will be hosting a 9-day Natural Building Extravaganza from August 9-18, offering 20 hands-on workshops on all things natural building.
The Natural Building Extravaganza offers a comprehensive smorgasbord of workshops, classes, special projects and field trips on a beautiful site in the mountains of Asheville, NC.
Participants will learn how to create beautiful, affordable, natural dwellings using local clay, sand, straw, bamboo, and other abundant and salvaged materials. For more information and to sign up, visit our site: http://ashevillage.org/program/natural-building-extravaganza/
There is less than a month left to take advantage of our early bird special!
LEARN:
Hands-on projects
- Oh, the glorious art of mixing and making with mud, quickly!
- Wall systems: Cob, adobe, slipstraw, wattle & daub, and more
- Natural finishes: Exterior and interior earthen plasters and paints
- Basic additions: Installation of windows and doors
- Roofing: Connections, considerations & installation
- Foundation, flooring & drainage systems
Theory & presentations
- Community mud stories from around the world
- Characteristics of natural materials and Mud 101
- Site selection and passive solar design
- Pro's and con's of various wall systems
- Natural engineering and structural integrity
- Designing a Nest: Intuiting your sweet home
- Basics of electricity and plumbing
- Thermal mass and insulation
- Foundations and drainage
- Building with straw bales
- Living roofs
- And more
